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PAUL SIMON lyrics : "adios hermanos"

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 !@$@ 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 f**kin' 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

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