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Lyrics to Born in Puerto Rico
by Paul Simon

[edit]Song title: Born in Puerto Rico
[edit]Artist name: Paul Simon
[edit]Featuring: [nobody]
[edit]Lyrics language: English
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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
It' 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.
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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

SALVADOR
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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Paul Simon Born in Puerto Rico Recording details & track overview

Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar-Paul Simon Coro Vocal-Danny Rivera Background Vocal-Ray De La Paz Background Vocal-Nestor Sanchez Piano, Synthesizer-Oscar Hernandez Tres, Plenaro-Nelson Gonzalez Cuatro-Edgardo Miranda Guitar-Vincent Nguini Bass-John Beal Drums-Robby Ameen Bongos, Cymbal-Bobby Allende Timbales, Congas, Cua-Marc Quinones Trumpet-1st solo-David Rodriguez Trumpet-2nd solo-Ray Vega Viola-Juliet Hafner Flute-Oriente Lopez French Horn-Stewart Rose Oboe-Marcia Butler Orchestration-Stanley Silverman.....MORE.....(all Born in Puerto Rico track/recording details)

Paul Simon biography

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel. In 2006, Time magazine called him one of the 100 "people who shape our world."

In a career dating back to the 1950s, Paul Simon established himself among the best and most popular songwriters of the rock era. Growing up in Queens, NY, Simon befriended schoolmate Art Garfunkel, who had an angelic tenor voice, and the two teamed up as Tom & Jerry, taking the names of cartoon characters. In the winter of 1957-1958, they scored a chart hit with "Hey Schoolgirl" - both were 16 years old.

In 1962, Simon reached the charts briefly in the group Tico & the Triumphs with the song "Motorcycle," using the name Jerry Landis.

In 1964, he and Garfunkel teamed up again as a folk duo in Greenwich Village, signed to Columbia Records, and released the album,.....MORE.....(full Paul Simon biography)

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