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John Prine – Mexican Home Lyrics 3 years ago
The lyrics are not quite perfect. And I’m wondering about one of the allegories he used...

Have loved this song since I first heard it in the ‘70s. Loved the man & his music all of my adolescent & adult life.

Bless his delightful spirit, smoking a cigarette nine miles long somewhere, maybe at the Savior's Feast.

I would suggest to add “Well" at the very beginning. That’s how he sang it & to fill in the beat, you need the well.

Also, I’m wondering about “the air's as still as the throttle on a funeral train." I think it may be "funnel of" instead of "throttle on."

It makes more sense to me, since the throttle on a train isn’t still but the funnel is generally silent, passing through the station without a sound. To me it sounds like what he sings, but I could be wrong.

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