Mexican Home
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[Verse 1] Well it got so hot last night, I swear you couldn't hardly breathe Heat lightning burned 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 coal that burns inside of me And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away Approaching my Mexican home [Guitar and Piano Solos] [Verse 2] Oh 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 Well the cuckoo clock has died of shock and the windows feel no pain The air's as still as the throttle on a funeral train [Chorus] Mama dear, your boy is here, far across the sea Waiting for that sacred coal that burns inside of me And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away Approaching my Mexican home [Guitar and Piano Solos] [Verse 3] Well, 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 it's hurry, hurry, step right up, it's a matter of life or death Well the sun's going down and the moon's just holding its breath [Chorus] Mama dear, your boy is here, far across the sea Waiting for that sacred coal that burns inside of me And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away Approaching my Mexican home All approaching my Mexican home All approaching my Mexican home
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- John Prine