The Vampires - Paul Simon

Hernandez

Well, did you bring me my money,

My cab fare

My new shoes?

I got expenses, you know

Wheres my weekly dues?

Sal

I aint giving you my fucking money.

Hernandez

Oye, mother fucker, wheres this jibaro from?

You go when I say.

I call, you come.

You know it takes a strong man to survive.

It aint no accident that youre still alive.

Hernandez &the v&ires

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, dont 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 v&ires,

Count draculas 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 v&ire, man!

thats 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 v&ires

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 hells kitchen

To sell the irish some weed

So this paddy boys 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 v&ires

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

Coño, all I was thinking is, what home of the brave?

This a fucking war zone

The v&ires

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