[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
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