John Prine – Mexican Home (Guitar)

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It got so hot, last night, I swear

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You couldn't hardly breathe

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Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol

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I sat on the porch without my shoes

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And I watched the cars roll by

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As the headlights raced

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To the corner of the kitchen wall

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Mama dear, your boy is here

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Far across the sea

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Waiting for that sacred core

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That burns inside of me

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And I feel a storm

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All wet and warm

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Not ten miles away

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Approaching my Mexican home

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My God! I cried, it's so hot inside

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You could die in the living room

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Take the fan from the window

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Prop the door back with a broom

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The cuckoo clock has died of shock

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And the windows feel no pane

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The air's as still as the throttle on a funeral train

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My father died on the porch outside

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On an August afternoon

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I sipped bourbon and cried

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With a friend by the light of the moon

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So it's hurry! hurry! step right up

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It's a matter of life or death

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The sun is going down

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And the moon is just holding its breath.