The Vampires

Paul Simon

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[Intro] [Verse 1] Well did you bring me my money? My cab fare my new shoes? I got expenses you know. Where’s my weekly dues? I ain’t giving you my fucking money [Verse 2] Oye motherfucker 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. We stand for the neighborhood 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? Well yeah if I got to Oh you got to. Come here I want to show you something [Verse 3] 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 [Interlude] If you got the balls then come on mette mano If you got the balls then come on mette mano [Verse 4] Frenchy Cordero goes down to hell’s kitchen To sell the Irish some weed So this Paddy boy’s mother on the stoop starts bitching ’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" Fucking Puerto Rican dope-dealing punk Get your shit-brown ass out of here We stand for the neighborhood [Verse 3] 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 is a fucking war zone!" [Outro] 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 come on mette mano (We stand for the neighborhood) If you got cojones come on mette mano

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