Mexican Home-John Prine

[00:01.00]It got so hot, last night, I swear [00:22.83]You couldn't hardly breathe [00:25.88]Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol [00:30.65]I sat on the porch without my shoes [00:35.80]And I watched the cars roll by [00:38.72]As the headlights raced [00:40.88]To the corner of the kitchen wall [00:43.64]Mama dear, your boy is here [00:48.78]Far across the sea [00:51.74]Waiting for that sacred core [00:55.34]That burns inside of me [00:58.00]And I feel a storm all wet and warm [01:01.80]Not ten miles away [01:04.85]Approaching my Mexican home [01:09.37]My God! I cried, it's so hot inside [01:40.85]You could die in the living room [01:43.65]Take the fan from the window [01:46.18]Prop the door back with a broom [01:49.02]The cuckoo clock has died of shock [01:53.79]And the windows feel no pane [01:56.50]The air's as still [01:58.73]As the throttle on a funeral train [02:02.28]Mama dear, your boy is here [02:06.81]Far across the sea [02:09.82]Waiting for that sacred core [02:13.32]That burns inside of me [02:16.01]And I feel a storm all wet and warm [02:19.70]Not ten miles away [02:22.56]Approaching my Mexican home [02:29.16]My father died on the porch outside [02:58.77]On an August afternoon [03:01.68]I sipped bourbon and cried [03:03.79]With a friend by the light of the moon [03:07.70]So it's, "Hurry! Hurry! Step right up" [03:11.55]It's a matter of life or death [03:14.56]The sun is going down [03:16.25]And the moon is just holding its breath [03:20.00]Mama dear, your boy is here [03:24.54]Far across the sea [03:27.34]Waiting for that sacred core [03:30.88]That burns inside of me [03:34.32]And I feel a storm all wet and warm [03:37.32]Not ten miles away [03:40.60]Approaching my Mexican home [03:46.19]