God gave you red light
On every green road sign
When you left Santa Fe
We were two string beans
And you were too nineteen
To be blowning away
There were thieves in the square
Hiding hands and hiding prayers
And all their mumbling
Nothing left you alone
Tangled hills and tiny Vireos
Singing something
Stuck with a bed of curls
Your momma was scared of the world
It was born with a bang
I was stepping on seashells
By the old mission in San Miguel
When the bell tower rang
And the sky fell apart
Heard the rain, I heard your heart
And what was spoken
Was nothing meant for a name
Nothing wants to stay the same
And nothing's broken
When your friends and their friends
Pass the pipe or tie the knot
Honeymoon music played
In the drivethru parking lot
I woke up by your bed
You were wandering 'round the yard
And go white as the day
But the sun just hit too hard
Little low Votive doors
Momma's house slowed a little more
In the evening
Naked boys throwing stones
Beady eyes and desert bones
We saw you leaving
God gave you barbed whites
And a good kind of black night
When you left Santa Fe
New Mexico's no breeze
And you were so nineteen
You were blowing away
