Adios Hermanos Lyrics - The Essential Paul Simon - Paul Simon

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. 

Afraid to leave the projects 

To cross into another neighborhood 

The blancos and the nigger gangs 

Well, they'd kill you if they could. 

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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 

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 fuckin' law and order 

The electric chair 

For the greasy pair 

Said the judge to the court reporter 

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Afraid to leave the projects 

To cross into another neighborhood 

The newspapers and the t.v. crews 

Well, they'd kill you if they could 

Angel of mercy, people are suffering 

All over the world 

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. 

Well they shackled my hands 

A heavy belt around my waist to restrain me 

And they shackled my legs 

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 

Just to lay our prayers upon them 

Crying 

Adios hermanos, adios 

Adios hermanos, adios