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Lyrics for Adios Hermanos 442 by Paul Simon:
| | | Artist: | Paul Simon |
| | Album: | Miscellaneous | | Track: | Adios Hermanos 442 | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 81 | | | | Lyrics: | SAL
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,
WOH-OO-WOH, I knew better.
SAL & SALVADOR
Afraid to leave the projects
To cross
into another neighborhood
SAL
The blancos and the nigger gangs
Well, they'd
kill you 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
SAL &
AUREA
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
murder
Well the "Spanish boys" had their day in
court
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
SAL & SALVADOR
Afraid to leave the projects
To cross into
another neighborhood
SALVADOR
The newspapers and the T.V. crews
Well, they'd
kill you if they could
AUREA & WOMEN
Angel of Mercy, people are suffering
All
over the world
A Spanish boy could be killed every night of
the
week
SAL
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
SAL
A heavy belt around my waist to restrain me
SAL &
SALVADOR
And they shackled my legs
SAL
Hernandez, the "Umbrella Man,"
chained
beside me
Then we rode that Black Maria
Through the streets of Spanish
Harlem
Calling old friends on the corners
SAL & AUREA
Just to lay our prayers
upon them
SAL
Crying
Adios Hermanos, Adios
SAL & SALVADOR
Adios
Hermanos, Adios
Lead Vocal-Paul Simon
Background
Vocal-Briz
Background Vocal-Myrna Gomila
Background Vocal-Karen Bernod
Background
Vocal-Renee Connell-Adams
Background Vocal-DeWayne Snype
Background Vocal-Kia
Jeffries
Background Vocal-Ed Vasquez
Background Vocal-Derrick James
Organ-Oriente
Lopez
Background Vocals Recorded by Roy Halee | | | |  Reddit | X / Twitter | Facebook | Copy link |
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