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Composer: John Prine

John Prine - Mexican Home lyrics



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.

CHORUS:
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.

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.

CHORUS

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.

CHORUS
Songs list of album: Live (1988)
         Title Rating
01    Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Six O'Clock News lyrics   -
03    The Oldest Baby in the World lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Angel from Montgomery lyrics   -
05   Grandpa Was a Carpenter lyrics   -
06   Blue Umbrella lyrics   -
07    Fish and Whistle lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Living in the Future lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   Illegal Smile lyrics   -
11   Mexican Home lyrics   -
12   Speed of the Sound of Loneliness lyrics   -
13   The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) lyrics   -
14   Sam Stone lyrics   -
15   Souvenirs lyrics   -
16   Aw Heck lyrics   -
17   Donald and Lydia lyrics   -
18    That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round lyrics Add lyrics   -
19   Hello in There lyrics   -
 

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