Mexican Home Lyrics - Live - John Prine

It got so hot, last night, I swear 

You couldn't hardly breathe 

Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol 

I sat on the porch without my shoes 

And I watched the cars roll by 

As the headlights raced 

To the corner of the kitchen wall. 

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Mama dear 

Your boy is here 

Far across the sea 

Waiting for 

That sacred core 

That burns inside of me 

And I feel a storm 

All wet and warm 

Not ten miles away 

Approaching 

My Mexican home. 

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My God! I cried, it's so hot inside 

You could die in the living room 

Take the fan from the window 

Prop the door back with a broom 

The cuckoo clock has died of shock 

And the windows feel no pane 

The air's as still 

As the throttle on a funeral train. 

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My father died on the porch outside 

On an August afternoon 

I sipped bourbon and cried 

With a friend by the light of the moon 

So its hurry! hurry! Step right up 

It's a matter of life or death 

The sun is going down 

And the moon is just holding its breath. 

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