Song | Mexican Home |
Artist | John Prine |
Album | John Prine Live |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
Lyrics:John Prine Music: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. | |
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: |
Lyrics: John Prine Music: 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. | |
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: |
Lyrics: John Prine Music: 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. | |
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: |