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Enough To Be On Your Way
James Taylor
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So the sun shines on this funeral
Just the same as on a birth
The way it shines on everything
That happens here on Earth
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It rolls across the western sky
And back into the sea
And spends the days' last rays
Upon this fucked-up family
So long old pal
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The last time I saw Alice
She was leaving Santa Fe
With a bunch of round-eyed Buddhists
In a killer Chevrolet
Said they turned her out of Texas
Yeah, she burned 'em down back home
Now she's wild with expectation
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On the edge of the unknown singing
Oh, it's enough to be on your way
It's enough to cover ground
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It's enough to be moving on
Home, build it behind your eyes
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Carry it in your heart
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Safe among your own
They brought her back on a Friday night
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Same day I was born
We sent her up the smoke stack
Yes, and back into the storm
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She blew up over the San Juan Mountains
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She spent herself at last
The threat of heavy weather
That was what she knew the best
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Oh, it's enough to be on your way
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It's enough just to cover ground
It's enough to be moving on
Home, better build it behind your eyes
Carry it in your heart
Safe among your own
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It woke me up on a Sunday
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An hour before the sun
It had me watching the headlights
Out on highway 591
'Til I stepped into my trousers
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'Til I pulled my big boots on
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I walked out on the mesa
And I stumbled on this song
Oh, it's enough to be on your way
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It's enough to cover ground
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It's enough to be moving on
Home, boy, build it behind your eyes
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Carry it in your heart
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Safe among your own
So long, old gal
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