Can i forgive him lyrics

Artist  : Paul simon 
Song : Can i forgive him
 
I Am Esmeralda Agron, Senora 
I Know I’ve No Right To Speak. 
My Son Is Not The Savage Boy You See, 
The Cape, The Sneer, The Slicked-back Hair 
Hides The Child I Nursed And Bathed, Senora. 
 
Please Don’t Turn Your Eyes From Me 
Your Son, Gone To God, And Mine To Blame 
My Fated Son, He Too Is Gone 
The State Will See To That I Am Sure, Senora 
The State Will See To That I Am Sure. 
 
You Spanish People, You Come To This Country 
But Nothing Here Changes Your Lives 
Ungrateful Immigrants Asking For Pity 
When All Of Your Answers Are Knives 
This City Makes A Cartoon Of A Crime 
Capes And Umbrellas, The Glorification Of Slime 
I Have To Face This Horror, Senora 
My Religion Asks Me To Pray For The
Murderer’s Soul 
But I Think You’d Would Have To Be Jesus On
The Cross  
To Open Your Heart And After Such A Loss. 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
Can I Forgive Him? 
No, I Cannot 
Can I Forgive Him? 
No, I Cannot 
 
Friends Become Strangers  
Compassion Is Hard To Express In Words 
The Trembling Flowers They Bring 
Fear In The Roots And The Stem  
What Happened To Me They Know Could Happen To
Them. 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
No, I Cannot 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
 
No 
 
Only God Can Say “forgive” 
His Son Too Received A Knife 
But We Go On, We Have To Live 
With This Cross We Call Our Life. 
 
It Feels Like A Bomb Fell  
And Wave After Wave Come The After Shocks 
You Can’t Believe That It’s True  
There Must Be Some Mistake 
You Drift Through This Nightmare  
From Which You Can’t Wake. 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
Can I Forgive Him?  
No, I Cannot 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
Can I Forgive Him? 
No, I Cannot 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
No 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
Can I Forgive Him?  
No, I Cannot 
 
Can I Forgive Him? 
Can I Forgive Him? 
No, I Cannot