John Prine - Mexican Home - John Prine (Live)

John Prine singing "Mexican Home" off of his album, "John Prine Live"
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Lyrics:
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
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
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 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
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
Singer. Songwriter. Poet. Icon.
John Prine was an artist’s artist with a list of admirers and collaborators that cut across musical genres and generations - names like Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Brandi Carlile, George Strait, Kurt Vile, Miranda Lambert, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, among others.
Though he was born in Maywood, Illinois, in 1946, John declared himself “pure Kentuckian” throughout his life. His parents, Willian and Verna, were natives of Paradise, Kentucky. The family would spend summers there in Muhlenberg County, where John listened to bluegrass music and studied the guitar styles of country music heroes Doc Watson and Merle Travis with his older brother, Dave.
In Maywood, he worked as a postman before being drafted into the army in 1966. It was as a postman that John began to write the songs that would connect with so many. He sang at Chicago folk clubs, where he was introduced to singer-songwriter Kris Kristopherson, who invited John to open for him in New York. It was there that Jerry Wexler, president of Atlantic Records, first heard Prine and offered him a recording contract. His self-titled debut album was released in 1971 and featured a list of songs now regarded as classics, including “Paradise,” “Angel From Montgomery,” “Illegal Smile,” Hello in There,” and “Sam Stone.” Prine received the first of his 13 Grammy nominations in 1972 for Best New Artist. He would record three more albums for Atlantic and another three with Asylum.
His profound impact on American music was amplified in 1981 when John co-founded Oh Boy Records, and independent label where he released most of his subsequent work and which gave voice and respect to so many fellow singers and songwriters.
In his distinguished career, John won four Grammys and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2020). He was a three-time recipient of the Artist of the Year Award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards, which also honored him with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting. He won the Pen/New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award (2016) and was enshrined in the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2019). In addition, John was named Honorary Poet Laureate of Illinois (2020).
John Prine passed away on April 7, 2020 due to complications from Covid-19. The outpouring of grief and love from his fan community was staggering. Over 500,000 viewers participated in an online memorial and tribute that raised more than half a million dollars for Covid-related community causes. In 2021, the Prine family created the Hello In There Foundation to honor John’s spirit of generosity towards those in need. Fiona Prine and her sons continue to operate and expand the reach of John’s independent record label, Oh Boy Records.
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[@billbakeriii5866]

As a JP fan wayyyy back, I enjoy his voice and changes as the years passed by.

[@clintgregor8751]

This is my favorite version of this song.... Also one of the best he ever did in my opinion.

[@frankduross2]

He also did a great version with Josh Ritter

[@susancorvalan6765]

Oh boy!! So nice to hear this old friend. Wisdom and nonsense in his own raspy voice-a gift so sweet and heartfelt.

[@hollyhilton3252]

Yes it is! I love his voice and wisdom as well!!! He's already missed by this long- time fan❣

[@CommonScents952]

I first heard John Prine in 1991 when I was 21 years old, sitting in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield / Storm. This album is so nostalgic for me. I can rarely get through this album in its entirety without breaking into tears at some point.

[@mattmarino9300]

Some of the greatest lyrics ever written hands down. Especially when your Dad raised you on Prine , you bought him this album for his birthday. 20 years later hes gone and every time you hear this song you cry but you play it just because of that.

[@georgewest1835]

I miss this man so I still cry hearing him sing .sing loud in heaven John prone !

[@myrnawright6923]

When he passed it was ages before I could even think of listening to his music without melting down.

[@josephfrickle5600]

Maybe my favorite John Prine song.

[@annahadden2311]

I only found John Prine this year but he speaks to me so personally and the mastery of the guitar makes me very happy💕👌🏻🙏

[@alandrobnak]

Miss him dearly.

[@thatlarryguy6841]

Thanks for posting. Every song is a jewel.

[@meagerlivinmusic]

This is one of his greatest songs. I’m from Illinois and his ability to capture the feel of summer is tearjerking. There use to not be this version online. Thank you to Jody and Fiona and everyone involved for posting this version.

[@myrnawright6923]

I moved from MT and lived in KY for 10 years. (long ago.) The feel of summer you describe was a revelation for this Northern girl from the dry and windy plains. John made it real in this song.

[@beccacolinwhitman1765]

This song is amazing in every way. I like the live version the best

[@acorpulentman]

Just bought the album. Thank you John Prine, and your family and friends. From the bottom of my heart.

[@maxpower6765]

Beautiful version. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@roberthill799]

Christ, how I miss him.

[@nancydavis8323]

Wow... thank you john😭

[@leerain1017]

107 degrees here in mexico today. I wish i felt a storm approaching my Mexican home 😢😂🤯🥵

[@troychaney139]

It dawned on me back in 2014 in 2013 my mother told me to listen to this song she said it was wrote for me and I'm like what?

[@troychaney139]

I was 17 at the time and it was 1980 and it was the year my mother left me on my own and went back to Illinois and I was staying with a married couple named Richard and ginger and this man showed up one day in his name was Donnie

[@drewtaylor651]

Rest in peace mr prine

[@dannymacphee4444]

keep them coming!!! xoxo

[@julesotis13]

for the vets for the priners for oh boy THANKS! - SJR

[@tomgilsenan8934]

Saw John in concert seven times down the years in Dublin. Always worked his socks off, brilliant occasions.

[@julesotis13]

Lucky!

[@troychaney139]

But yeah when he says waiting for that sacred cord that burns inside of me

[@troychaney139]

We were living in Corpus Christi Texas and Richard and Ginger's house was like a Mexican home and he was a real freak about all of his cuckoo clocks Donnie help me finish my first song and I remember him and Richard sitting out on the porch when his dad died I drink whiskey all night on the porch

[@oneman1812]

RIP

[@troychaney139]

And I remember there was no air conditioning in the house at the time and it was just blaze and hot in the house how we open the windows in the headlights are going by going to the house

[@agnome1176]

👉4 home 🗿🧙🏻‍♂️ A poem 🫶a Metaphor 🪨4 all places deep enough to call home

[@troychaney139]

But he move did me and him was living there with Richard and ginger I had just started playing guitar about a year before that I was trying to finish my first song I wrote called Traveling Man and one night I was trying to figure out the last cord change weather to go to a g or D and Donnie was there and he's like dude go to the G and then back to the D I like okay cool and it fit perfectly

[@troychaney139]

Yeah my mother told me many years listen to this song it's wrote about you so turns out the man was Donnie fritts he was Kris kristofferson's longtime organ piano player I didn't know this at the time

[@troychaney139]

That was Donnie fritts

[@troychaney139]

It came so clear to me after hearing the song about almost 10 times and listening to the lyrics yep that was that night Donny Fritz help me finish my first song I was 17 and Corpus Christi Texas