Born In Puerto Rico

SALVADOR
I was born in Puerto Rico
We came here when I was a child
Before I reached the age of sixteen
I was running with the gang and we were wild

He keeps looking but he don't recognize me.
Some guy from Lexington or Park
Red beans and rice from kitchen windows
Supper-time and the barrio is dark.

No one knows you like I do
Nobody can know your heart the way I do
No one can testify to all that you've been through
But I will.

SAL & THE VAMPIRES
I was born in Puerto Rico
And my blood is Taino
Spanish Caribbean my soul

SALVADOR
We came here wearing summer clothes in winter
Hearts of sunshine in the cold
Your family rented this apartment
You'd watch the street lamps from your perch
In the sacramental hour your stepfather in black
Preached the fire of the Pentecostal Church
No one knows you like I do
Nobody can know your heart the way I do
No one can testify to all that you've been through
But this will.

SAL & THE VAMPIRES
I was born in Puerto Rico
Came here when I was a child.

SALVADOR
Small change and sunlight, then I left these streets for good.
My days as short as they were wild.

CARLOS APACHE
I'm Carlos Apache

ANGEL SOTO
Angel Soto

FRENCHY CORDERO
Frenchy Cordero

BABU CHARLIE CRUZ
Babu Charlie Cruz

SALVADOR
Your features blurred in every grainy photo
And fading headline of the Daily News
Wiltwyck School for Criminal Children
Auburn, Brooklyn House of D.,
Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica,
Greenhaven
Twenty years inside, today you're free.
You cannot even read your story
The pages piling up in shame
Before the words released you, the guard would kill the light
The night you took The Capeman for your name.

CHORUS
I was born in Puerto Rico
I was born in Puerto Rico

I was born in Puerto Rico
I was born in Puerto Rico
I was born in Puerto Rico
I was born in Puerto Rico
I was born in Puerto Rico
I was born in Puerto Rico

LAZARUS
Yo nací en Puerto Rico
Yo nací en Puerto Rico
Mi corazón es Puerto Rico
Mi alma es Puerto Rico



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Voz Principal y Guitarra acústica: Paul Simon
Voces de Coro:
Danny Rivera
Voces de fondo:
Ray De La Paz y Nestor Sanchez
Piano y Sintetizador:
Oscar Hernandez
Tres y Plenaro:
Nelson Gonzalez
Cuatro:
Edgardo Miranda
Guitarra:
Vincent Nguini
Bajo:
John Beal
Batería:
Robby Ameen
Bongos y Platillos:
Bobby Allende
Timbales y Congas:
Marc Quinones
1º Solo de trompeta:
David Rodriguez
2º Solo de trompeta:
Ray Vega
Viola:
Juliet Hafner
Flauta:
Oriente Lopez
Corneta francesa:
Stewart Rose
Oboe:
Marcia Butler
Orquestación:
Stanley Silverman


© 1997 Paul Simon y Derek Walcott (BMI)
Disco: Songs From The Capeman


 
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