Adios hermanos lyrics

Artist  : Paul simon 
Song : Adios hermanos
 
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 prayers upon them 
 
Crying adios pisanos, adios 
Adios pisanos, adios