the vampires

Singer: paul simon

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. 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. 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. 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

if you got the balls

then come on

mette mano. if you got the balls

then come on

mette mano. 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 spies 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. so the shanty-town irish they kicked his ass good. fractured his collar bone

cono

all i was thinking is

'what home of the brave?

this a fucking war zone'

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

Lyric Context: the vampires - paul simon