Born in puerto rico lyrics

Artist  : Paul simon 
Song : Born in puerto rico
 
Salvador 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
We came here when I was a child 
Before I made to my sixteenth 
I was running with the gang and we were wild. 
 
He keeps looking but don't recognize me. 
Some guy from Lexington or Park 
Rrd beans and rice from kitchen windows 
It's supper-time and the barrio is dark. 
 
No one knows you like I do 
No one can know your heart the way I do 
No one can testify to all that you've been though

But I will. 
 
The Vampiros 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
And my blood is taino 
Spanish Caribbean in my soul 
We came here wearing summer clothes in winter 
Hearts of sunshine in the cold. 
 
Salvador 
Your family rented this apartment 
You'd watch the street lamps from your perch 
In the sacramental house your stepfather in black

Preached the fire of the pentecostal church. 
 
No one knows you like I do 
Nobody can know your heart the way i do 
No one can testify to all that you've been
through 
But this will. 
 
The Vampiros 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
Came here when I was a child. 
Small change and sunlight, then I left these
streets for good. 
My days as short as they were wild. 
 
I'm Frenchy Cordero, I'm Angel Soto 
Indio Rivera, 'Baboo' Charlie Cruz 
The faces blurred in every grainy photo 
And fading headline of the Daily News 
 
LOUDSPEAKER: 
Judge's Voice 
Wiltwych School for Criminal Children 
Auburn, Brooklyn House of D., 
Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica, 
Greenhaven 
 
Salvador 
Twenty years inside, today you're free 
 
You cannot even read your story 
The pages piling up in shame 
Before the words released you, the 
Guard would kill the light 
The night you took The Capeman for your name. 
 
Barrio Chorus 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
Yo nacir in Puerto Rico 
All my heart is Puerto Rico 
All my soul is Puerto Rico