Paul Simon - The Vampires + Lyrics9 @: ?' E. d; a; @ t
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Well, did you bring me my money, 2 c2 R$ W; R; [$ S0 rMy cab fare ! W+ e, w! g5 J- r; H) ~My new shoes?0 D8 M! k. u- B6 ?& ]
I got expenses, you know" w, R" M& n, @. k3 x
Where's my weekly dues?; x3 V# ^& M5 Q: r" ]4 ^
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SAL d/ d, _( \; ^9 |+ H7 L9 kI ain't giving you my fucking money. . ^- i4 l( o' l- [' G, t; S# N% r7 R7 B2 _2 P: w
HERNANDEZ9 u6 r2 q- x ^2 }6 F* V
Oye, mother fucker, where's this jibaro from?& X+ K: |% ?3 E7 y* _3 _
You go when I say. 4 T0 F" a6 b' e. k* n% ~0 m' X7 `; c( G# O% g* `
I call, you come." D9 h5 `& g |. Y) W6 S" B
You know it takes a strong man to survive.: b o- W4 L4 [) p9 K6 ?
It ain't no accident that you're still alive. - q1 l7 h+ c$ W: V0 T1 s" d6 F$ c# G8 j- Y: l
HERNANDEZ & THE VAMPIRES 8 e4 u! a5 Z+ LWe stand for the neighborhood 3 u! K2 E+ i4 p' R, c _5 B# I6 x x2 A! YHERNANDEZ 6 d0 Z4 j5 B. Z; OHe still lives with his mami, but he sneaks down, 8 e) K5 s' r7 z8 g; E6 @4 aA coolie in the shadow of the playground1 j# _( _3 i4 P1 a' m# S
You want to fight for your people, don't you, Sal? + \9 m2 `0 p, ^! J4 S : e2 \1 x8 U1 NSAL# p% k$ q" I* {9 H0 g
Well, yeah, if I got to. & k3 L: J- K2 u3 z( K! }- @% V9 a+ R4 B7 M+ b$ O: }
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Oh, you got to. Come here, I want to show you something.7 ]: N! B3 J2 G5 r& w
5 F' r9 A) I" j- W$ oThis is the cave of The Vampires, 7 k2 U6 O9 ?8 D/ P1 j" a4 UCount Dracula's castle, n7 {- ?1 J& n
The very sight could turn a white man grey. 8 H- [9 G& {" f# ^% h0 m* `0 jMade in the shade, use my umbrella 2 F/ j$ W( h$ dBlack like the night we fly in. / e0 ] k) l: U: PThat blade is all you need to keep the dogs away.0 I* w+ e4 [8 d% }
# i2 e, D5 e: R2 pSo, you want to be a vampire, man! That's good." f8 i J& F# j3 M, z5 H5 x% Y
We always looking for young blood in the neighborhood now5 H8 w o5 T* ^9 M. p, y
Carlos Apache collects the dues 6 k$ P7 |1 _5 [7 n: x; n# {) ^So you bring us something that we can use * f# F, R; I. A9 a# V ' Z) s) j& M( u9 U" Z1 r2 |0 ?/ m& HHERNANDEZ & THE VAMPIRES ( V @! s0 E+ G# ^" Z. \+ O( RIf you got the balls, then come on, mette mano, . V) r/ e/ D# R: O# c+ OIf you got the balls, then come on, mette mano, ; c( _$ e0 b& R2 C6 \ L* e& _ ; X/ h" K( `0 H i6 q0 d: X! XHERNANDEZ3 B" j% L& q" V0 a
Frenchy Cordero goes down to Hell's Kitchen $ p! j, c8 J8 W% A; W1 mTo sell the Irish some weed4 l* |5 W. m2 R
So this Paddy Boy's mother on the stoop starts bitchin'8 U' z- Y. V+ b0 G, i! c) V
'Bout spics is a mongrel breed$ _* ?% V! W; g2 v$ ^$ T
Now here comes her son ' D9 X& D- a o9 Z6 C+ B& O. l5 aHe looks like a ton of corned beef 1 {! ?* g, ^) z7 V( |0 |Floating in beer + k0 [; y) K3 r" X/ w ` 9 d7 V4 L: C# q0 PHe says 2 Z' f1 n2 D. U0 |'Fucking Puerto Rican dope-dealing punk7 h8 L X9 P8 w0 U. j9 e! M: [! {" [
Get your shit-brown ass out of here.' 2 z/ G/ y4 W5 x; u5 e2 ~0 \& |1 ?; N; Z9 J& A' D
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'Fucking Puerto Rican dope-dealing punk! p4 |0 ^' T9 a# M( ]9 A) }
Get your shit-brown ass out of here.' . v) E5 K3 C9 k- I ! p T! ?) M$ c- fWe stand for the neighborhood. / q$ E' D& [ U0 U8 K+ J* M3 g# w0 h. v% C; U8 r9 z; r9 k, W
HERNANDEZ ' X$ t" _0 G. \$ b; X, v) QSo the shanty-town Irish they kicked his ass good. / l @$ U$ i% h7 L. nFractured his collar bone : s( e8 x" Z" U* m) V6 y+ SCo?o, all I was thinking is, 'What home of the brave?5 N% G, ?9 ?0 ]: J' a
This a fucking war zone' 3 i8 x. E- H5 }. J0 t: g" c& x# L! P; a, L( y; F
THE VAMPIRES / w, Q; |$ U2 D7 S pIf you got the balls, then come on, mette mano,- W8 l ^, z( l- X
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Killer Wants To Go To College - Paul Simon + Lyrics 8 L! |% T" ?1 x" o9 s4 M9 L- E) u5 s, P
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I know you're trying to protect me" h9 G1 n2 g' ]# Q4 v4 _! c ]
Searching for another truth 8 n8 E3 v2 m+ b4 R( s; HWith your language and your poetry$ A0 |5 s# E3 t* h
From my ignorance and youth; L$ v9 w9 l$ U) p9 B' a
Hey I did not come to argue) _0 m- |! n! |& w' H4 S
My life never made much sense' m$ E$ k/ W" t7 i! c
I just wish that I could hug you$ g6 m+ }9 }$ ]0 k$ \: W
You're my only defense3 _9 R. T1 T8 Q- ?8 W9 [
I don't understand your writing ( x! s( `, Y: k; sI could barely sign my name: f0 @' E, }( @1 f
All I ever learned was fighting% g) D( Q @- h# k/ h
But I'm not the only one to blame + e6 n0 ^5 a* B. n) [3 pThe streets were dark with danger ; B& M8 l3 w. `- e, D/ aI have to stand up for my friends0 ^* s! y% F5 c1 u7 w
In a land where I'm a stranger $ F. d7 o9 m, v7 w4 qAnd the hatred never ends- Z; m1 p" x8 d+ N6 |5 D O! g
Killer wants to go on TV 5 H) E+ E ]8 u& Q0 @2 x, g& E+ V7 {% J% [
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Paul Simon - Time Is An Ocean + Lyrics6 ~4 H' C$ V E$ z; S$ N4 ]
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The evil we do can't be blamed upon our destiny 1 t: ^- p6 m" D7 M+ H4 Q& LI have walked through the valley of death-row to the shore $ l& A: Q* x% ^$ s, T( U, a8 M; uI have stumbled through silvery water to my savior, my salvador! % D* K# e" B3 E9 x& t7 R, AIt took me four years to learn, g8 B1 e r+ {, W
I was in prison not in church. # ]! x5 @- c1 I0 m. Y, _And two more to begin the book of my soul's search. . B. _9 D7 C& T! o# QTime is an ocean of endless tears 7 i8 m& j1 L* j! J2 VA wild boy from the streets of el barrio ! C' M0 b6 }2 h, g* eAn orphan from the hills of mayagüez& w$ c# M6 ~/ K
And when I wrote my story ( g5 c+ M1 D' g ^. aThe words flew from the page % X; L+ G3 k& SAnd my soul in solitary8 Y2 f0 {: s7 [6 k
Escaped it's iron cage. 8 y7 u9 \$ T U/ @ t/ k' Y9 \Time is an ocean of endless tears ( }; P1 O- k3 w; yMama, I got your letter today- [" L- g, X% \) I( q1 P- o. }
The next time that you write I'll be transferred far away. ) w" L/ R4 ^ C' ^I'm leaving greenhaven's towers of stone f# \: O5 B0 \5 g% mWhere the latin population will soon be minus one. ! Q0 _) g5 j9 k+ r4 a4 N" T- ~Time is an ocean of endless tears.8 W* i* ^2 I7 N. i- t/ n
I know how hard it's been for you these many years,: c! p& b8 J' k6 D! k
You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home a: t* ?' E( ~$ @4 u" Y& w WWhere once we strolled the beach at el malecon 5 J3 c1 g9 {8 c! [, m" V; o! kGo back don't you worry, I am your grown-up son. 1 R: C/ r. z% B T9 K2 y' tThe politics of prison are a mirror of the street.$ o5 t/ y5 W- `. W3 g G3 F
The poor endure oppression 4 m9 X& P" n8 sThe police control the state. ! k' k- @" |7 h% M' Z0 GCorrectional facility& G. x$ M. ^& N
That's what they call this place5 X2 f* M5 I2 q' `
But look around and you will see, B0 t. v8 v3 u0 Q
The politics of race 0 E$ n& h1 ~2 \4 W, fA forest and a prison% S4 S# u }: x( J7 v
Where the snow and guards are white 7 _7 a: j3 p" u `4 d- P2 v+ uIf you want to keep your sanity g5 |1 r( @; i7 c3 n3 ]! A1 v' G
You'll teach yourself to write. ! \$ c5 i2 T0 S0 _( d* Y; @% LYou were a child of sixteen) d: R& C: D, p
With a twelve-year-old mind& @' t6 o3 F) x* l- f$ B- z7 P
You came here numb and battered( J& Z' i, |9 ~& x, I1 c5 T
By the streets I left behind 7 g# Z8 f# p0 s t; WI'll take the evil in me , A* n7 S# J- I$ m t/ EAnd turn it into good, " h# G% H6 q4 p PThough all your institutions! w- v+ f3 H$ D4 J+ D) u
Never thought I could & b7 Q" S5 T9 T! d: \9 FSo now I'll turn to say goodbye& }& C. @$ t1 {* I: p, R ]
I'll keep your image in my eye3 E. q+ C. s/ W1 x
I turn around to say goodbye 5 h a0 @' T- I2 i) }I'll keep your image with me till the day I die + {! N$ a, u+ b+ I8 d% @& r7 h1 dTime is an ocean of endless tears
Paul Simon - Sunday Afternoon + Lyrics7 L" G0 z0 g& Z. W" R
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( H' {% q; |) G1 IESMERALDA. X5 B2 G7 I& ~+ h
Salvador, the afternoon sunlight is folding around us, * k( z: U% C. p* j7 qThe dishes are done, . A$ Z# M: {* N" P& ^$ vThe buildings here, tall as our mountains . Q) k: ?# B0 L$ |- [Slice through the windows and cut off the sun. # p- q( ^8 H, Y- ~7 J% OOn such days I find I am longing for Puerto Rico# ~% v' J, A) x6 {9 n1 A" ?
Though I never would return 'til you are free ! A/ L6 D& d! |4 A3 b: ~, e7 \But when I hear the Aguinaldo my heart's a little lighter 0 |0 E9 y2 t2 O$ T* K: G) XAnd we dance together Aurea and me & C3 Y E3 N( l; D6 qIn my life I've been unlucky with two husbands - j- K2 j @ y+ k9 {! d. zGumersindo liked his rum and women friends / u( r2 M8 J+ aThen that hypocrite who beat you and preached about repentance $ V- g1 p4 l$ y2 d' L2 eHas gone, and so another Sunday ends ( ]1 _& @6 Y: F% \' u$ uAnd tomorrow is another hard working Monday $ ]! E- ]7 p$ iI'm still hoping for the raise they promised me7 K6 p8 m0 P2 F: E
There's a job as operator 0 Z6 y% x* [ }7 `: eI would not have to wait for 9 B; Z% s! f [( oIf I could speak the language easily ; b7 f- n& X8 _But I tell Aurea:0 ]' ~6 e$ z; M# N$ V
The barrio's boundaries are our own little nation ' r. s6 U4 C6 ^Sometimes I hear you run upstairs1 `; q' d" R1 p4 _( Z
And I view my light with resignation% u2 O6 z7 ^+ r; E" ]
Keep your bible near you! V9 C W; Q9 ?" i- g5 H3 K8 E9 n y
Time is an ocean of endless tears. + v+ y! ]- i8 ^+ u4 l) `+ P" x9 g1 ^; s1 h: y" N
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Hi String Guitar-Paul Simon - g& R6 Z: _1 W. O( R. W% JPiano-Oscar Hernandez8 f+ ?3 ?; V3 a7 ^8 f6 }! e, D
Acoustic Guitar-Saturnino Laboy9 U0 M3 R b# \
Acoustic Guitar-Diomedes Matos - R$ x+ b0 ~1 V. H. iBass-Ruben Rodriguez 8 E2 w' [/ J; p" L% d* {# \Cello-Laura Bontrager5 c3 E7 `: J6 G, z; \$ Y: d
Flute-Oriente Lopez7 g3 l) n1 ?8 u
Bongos, Maracas, Clave-Milton Cardona j3 P" t% J, l/ E! X" l6 G
Paul Simon - Can I Forgive Him " w* [4 s+ v! C2 S3 d/ P; q E+ z/ _5 L
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Esmeralda ) w9 x2 _: l' S1 D. aI am esmeralda agrón, se? ora.+ H( A' C4 z8 R6 i, e
I know I've no right to speak. / m$ ~. l) G; v$ a" N' ~. {" l2 UMy son is not the savage boy you see, # v5 ^) V, n3 \+ N1 o4 X1 aThe cape, the sneer, the slicked-back hair 8 K- B) z( x3 J8 V& k9 x, ZIt hides the child I nursed and bathed, se? ora. ; k4 J+ l$ H p; p! x. K! VPlease don't turn your eyes from me" \6 ]% t9 u; Q- [. o6 J5 P8 r1 W
Your son, gone to god, and mine to blame: L; i- F; X. N4 t' \
My fated son, M& j0 ]" o. o4 ?% v( i/ gHe too is gone$ b- D) N; m6 m% d
The state will see to that, I am sure, se? ora2 i0 i8 I( l" n P( e v% s3 A
The state will see to that, I am sure.4 W) J4 q7 G; N* j- Q8 ^, h/ I" E
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You spanish people, you come to this country ' N) y) X" g, Q* K" J2 JNothing here changes your lives$ v- Q1 b8 m* p" X- v# M3 G
Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity 2 }: @: h4 d! X, JWhen all of your answers are knives 8 i* s9 L _3 AThis city makes a cartoon of a crime2 ~( s0 u4 a" v4 o1 d; k
Capes and umbrellas the glorification of slime% G% s& \) H3 l8 C% L
I have to face this horror, se? ora. % a0 l4 F7 Z2 Z- Q0 Q : |8 l/ X! E5 W% J5 i3 z0 E# L2nd mother 5 H/ x8 _& T; |# UMy religion + m7 C4 P: H* t1 v* K+ lAsks me to pray for the murderer's soul & l" K6 K8 h* Y4 f7 e7 ?& a. CBut I think you'd have to be - ~+ W- ~9 J; H7 WJesus on the cross5 N+ }4 M! M7 s' u+ X: h: v b6 w
To open your heart after such a loss 0 a& l" U- z# _. k) B5 bCan I forgive him? 6 w0 w) `8 s! F; Q3 p" }- ]Can I forgive him? - K8 Q2 \( O8 J. _No, I cannot2 |8 X% T) R7 w' p6 ?: M
Can I forgive him- ~4 ?' F3 R( y4 L: B8 R
No, I cannot 4 ~0 x" L. ^/ k9 Y; D9 t! ~: l9 t( |/ i b4 _. S* q7 G
Friends become strangers. I8 P# x { r- ]+ k& @
Compassion is hard to express in words; G" y, ^) z% g2 v2 R
The trembling flowers they bring- k/ F0 {9 j* i5 `
Fear in the roots and the stem- X" ~6 G' R. a( t! m
What happened to me they know could happen to them. 2 i! ~# b" i! W1 g! lCan I forgive him ) p" {' d- T) F! y+ h) x2 b, _+ ]No, I cannot % S# _+ E0 o! h- I3 D$ bCan I forgive him % C- ?3 Y4 c& F$ W' q/ v- O6 D7 q3 Q5 kNo2 |3 m# x9 t a& m
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Esmeralda/ o, W* w# @+ Y4 |, E
Only God can say 'forgive' 1 a2 w; v$ D1 a0 b! u3 DHis son too received a knife 1 d! X% N7 ^- l0 f$ TBut we go on, we have to live6 e( X9 Z, C" c
With this cross we call our life C; D# |4 z" n' P6 G" E% @: ]! Y, [/ B
$ P: \' Y. h+ l" `4 i0 r* V/ P1st mother( ^* E! e) }8 Z
Feels like a bomb fell5 B8 T/ _" D. s6 [' i
And wave after wave come the aftershocks 1 ]4 U* e0 c! Z P% h 7 ~1 o3 w9 O- ?; Y: K6 p2nd mother 2 D. {* v6 _! Y; K: Z$ sYou can't believe that it's true & L$ G: m6 L# _" I$ ^$ W7 ^3 @0 ]There must be some mistake2 K2 _5 y9 J8 {
You drift through this nightmare from which you can't wake $ J) q* |9 D, g+ s) n4 l, V) x 8 V+ G) j4 Z# j0 E; I: w9 eBoth mothers ! u, d( H U* t5 G% P( Q& TCan I forgive him? " J! o5 b: `, ^Can I forgive him, , N5 z, F7 {0 V' K$ M3 {6 ]No, I cannot : q' n) A) \" R, N- R% M7 F& h7 b, v- a, ~% r2 T
Can I forgive him? " q6 M( S. `) B4 A/ J
Can I forgive him, no, I cannot P) s3 S7 F- h# E2 z& N
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Can I forgive him? , [' }/ y# P& y9 _
Can I forgive him, no, I cannot5 R) M4 f0 |( v/ N/ X, W1 X
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Can I forgive him9 r% a, e' N7 b* j; a( I
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Paul Simon - Jonah " p% V! a5 o {6 j1 K0 u j1 D5 x9 m6 `' Q1 s. t0 `/ V $ D, g5 D; M$ {7 d8 _: {album "Late In The Evening" Oct 7, '80 ' y5 \+ n+ H( [ TSteve Gadd: Drums, Eric Gale: Guitar, Toni Levin : Bass, Richard Tee: Keyboards 6 i) y! @2 c1 ?8 Y, Q$ j/ ?/ w! |6 c( Q$ g ) N( m& q4 N( H1 X5 V♪♫ .. 1 a. r y Z) }; XHalf and hour you change your strings and tune up1 {- ?: x, F; Y2 v& b
Sizing the room up 9 l* _1 ?. K( v5 qChecking the bar ( }0 p6 u p4 |+ q' d# YLocal girls unspoken conversations) D' w& f* C! H! J
Misinformation ( f9 u& q# ~; ]2 ?" ?8 N, APlays the guitar" A- o2 h8 s* ]) k* @
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They say Jonah was swallowed by a whale5 S# i+ m0 c/ A" y0 F
But I say there's no truth to that tale5 \6 P; z; Q% ^* n) o) q6 K1 }
I know Jonah + k% v, a" k4 o+ {$ j: \- R/ dWas swallowed by a song) `1 p# z" f/ M C9 `8 s2 H
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No one lets their dreams be taken lightly 6 J! W% O3 h: S* MThey hold them tightly $ q! F* v5 B! W& n1 A) G+ L* |Warm against cold3 B: t% B; g9 \) v) D6 c2 `
One more year of traveling 'round this ciruit 9 V. |! A( _5 K. P8 t7 k/ uThen you can work it into gold $ h4 m' k8 S8 [9 N P1 g* Z5 b2 f2 v3 J3 ~: q
Here's to all the boys who came along! m' C: o8 R3 H9 K( }( B
Carrying soft guitars in cardboard cases8 Q2 J+ G8 B# O* i
All night long # h- D& n& k# _# F; ~1 B8 ]Do you wonder where those boys have gone?: W/ B% R7 C. U
Do you wonder where those boys have gone?