Adios Hermanos

Paul Simon

It was the morning of October 6th, 1960

I was wearing my brown suit

Preparing to leave the house of D.

Shook some hands then adios Brooklyn amigos

Maybe some of them had hopes of seeing me again

Some even said that my judge--Judge Gerald Culkin--

Wouldn't play it by the book

Maybe let us off the hook

But wooo I knew better.



Salvador

Afraid to leave the projects

To cross into another neighborhood

The blancos and the nigger gangs

Well they'd kill us if they could.



Aurea & Women

Angel of Mercy, people are suffering

All over the world

Spanish children are taught on their knees to believe

Angel of Mercy, people are suffering

All over the island tonight,

Mothers weep, sisters grieve.



Sal

Well, I entered the courtroom, state of New York

County of New York, just some spic

They scrubbed off the sidewalk

Guilty by my dress

Guilty in the press

Let the Capeman burn for the murders.



Salvador

The 'Spanish boys' had their day in court room



Sal

And now it was time for some fuckin' law and order

"The electric chair

For the greasy pair'"

Said the judge to the court reporter.



Salvador

Afraid to leave the projects

To cross into another neighborhood

The newspapers and the TV crews

Well they'd kill you if they could



Aurea & Women

Angel of Mercy, well people are suffering

All over the world



Sal

A Spanish boy could be killed every night of the week

But just let some white boy die

And the world goes crazy for blood--latin blood.

I don't lie when i speak.



Sal & Salvador

Well they shackled my hands

A heavy belt around my waist to restrain me



Sal

And they shackled my legs

Hernandez, the "Umbrella Man" chained beside me.

Then we rode that black mariah trough the streets of Spanish Harlem



Salvador

Calling old friends on the corners

Just to lay our pr

Daftar lirik lagu Paul Simon

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