New Mexico’s No Breeze

[Verse 1]
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 blowin' away

[Hook]
There were thieves in the square
Hidin' hands and hidin' prayers
And all their mumblin'
Nothing left you alone
Tangled heels and tiny vireos
Singin' something

[Verse 2]
Stuck with her pin curls
Your mama was scared of the world
It was born with a bang
I was steppin' on sea shells
By the old Mission San Miguel
When a bell tower rang

[Hook]
And the sky fell apart
Heard the rain, I heard your heart
And what was spoken
'Cause nothin' bends for a name
Nothin' wants to stay the same
And nothin's broken

[Bridge]
When your friends and their friends
Pass the pipe or tie the knot
Honeymoon music played
In the drive-thru parking lot
I woke up by your bed
You were wanderin' around the yard
Window wide as a day
But the sun just hit too hard

[Verse 3]
In a home void of doors
Mama's house slowed a little more
In the evenin'
Naked boys throwin' stones
Beady eyes and desert bones
They saw you leavin'

[Verse 4]
God gave you bobwhites
And the good kind of black night
When you left Santa Fe
New Mexico's no breeze
And you were so nineteen
You were blowin' away