Fire Line Road James McMurtry

[Verse 1]
My name is Alice Walker, they never told me why
I'm not named for anybody it's just a name out of the sky
They thought was pretty, I guess, way back when
I'll change it some day; I like to pretend
I'm just a visitor here, like on one of those shows
In a house full of people I don't hardly know
But we'll all get to home in a week or so
Back to real life

[Verse 2]
And I'm pickin' up the carpet in the corner where I crash
I'm too tired to separate the pennies from the trash
And I don't guess it matters even why Jesus died
I can tell you 'bout sins

[Verse 3]
We got this duplex up on Fire Line Road
It's way out from town so the rent's pretty low
Not much more than a cinder-block cell
Just like the one next door, and the next one as well
And the bus don't run out here but three times a day
The 7-Eleven, it's a full mile away
And there's a car in the yard, mostly rust and dents
We moved here in it but it hadn't run since