The Vampires lyrics
Song information
Artist: Paul Simon
Album: Songs From Capeman
Lyrics
Hernandez
Well, did you bring me my money
My cab fare
My new shoes?
I got expenses, you know
Where's my weekly dues?
Sal
I ain't giving you my fucking money
Hernandez
Oye, mother fucker, where's this jibaro from?
You go when I say
I call, you come
You know it takes a strong man to survive
It ain't no accident that you're still alive
Hernandez & the vampires
We stand for the neighborhood
Hernandez
He still lives with his mami, but he sneaks down
A coolie in the shadow of the playground
You want to fight for your people, don't you, sal?
Sal
Well, yeah, if I got to
Hernandez
Oh, you got to. come here, I want to show you something
This is the cave of the vampires
Count dracula's castle
The very sight could turn a white man grey
Made in the shade, use my umbrella
Black like the night we fly in
That blade is all you need to keep the dogs away
So, you want to be a vampire, man! that's good
We always looking for young blood in the neighborhood now
Carlos apache collects the dues
So you bring us something that we can use
Hernandez & the vampires
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
Hernandez
Frenchy cordero goes down to hell's kitchen
To sell the irish some weed
So this paddy boy's mother on the stoop starts bitchin'
'Bout spics is a mongrel breed
Now here comes her son
He looks like a ton of corned beef
Floating in beer
He says
'Fucking puerto rican dope-dealing punk
Get your shit-brown ass out of here.'
Hernandez & the vampires
'Fucking puerto rican dope-dealing punk
Get your shit-brown ass out of here.'
We stand for the neighborhood
Hernandez
So the shanty-town irish they kicked his ass good
Fractured his collar bone
Co?o, all I was thinking is, 'what home of the brave?
This a fucking war zone'
The vampires
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
We stand for the neighborhood
If you got cojones, come on, mette mano
We stand for the neighborhood
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
We stand for the neighborhood
If you got cojones, come on, mette mano
Lead vocal-paul simon
Background vocal-angelo aponte
Background vocal-milton cardona
Background vocal-hechter ubarry
Background vocal-david davila
Background vocal-hans giraldo
Background vocal-luis marrero
Background vocal-angel ramirez
Background vocal-robert vargas
Piano-oscar hernandez
Bass guitar-bernie minoso
Congas-edwin montalvo
Timbales-johnny andrews
Bongos, cowbell-pablo nunez
Trumpet, solo trumpet-ray vega
Trumpet-john walsh
Trombone-luis lopez
Tenor-mitch frohman
Baritone sax-pablo calogero
Horn arrangement-oscar hernandez