Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

It got so hot, last night, I swear

You couldnt 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.

(Repeat Intro)

My god! I cried, its 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 airs as still As the throttle on a funeral train.

(Chorus)

(Reapeat Intro)

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

Its a matter of life or death

The sun is going down

And the moon is just holding its breath.

(Chorus)