Neil Young Lyrics

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Cortez The Killer Lyrics

He came dancing across the water

 With his galleons and guns

 Looking for the new world

 In that palace in the sun.

 

 On the shore lay Montezuma

 With his coca leaves and pearls

 In his halls he often wondered

 With the secrets of the worlds.

 

 And his subjects

 gathered 'round him

 Like the leaves around a tree

 In their clothes of many colors

 For the angry gods to see.

 

 And the women all were beautiful

 And the men stood

 straight and strong

 They offered life in sacrifice

 So that others could go on.

 

 Hate was just a legend

 And war was never known

 The people worked together

 And they lifted many stones.

 

 They carried them

 to the flatlands

 And they died along the way

 But they built up

 with their bare hands

 What we still can't do today.

 

 And I know she's living there

 And she loves me to this day

 I still can't remember when

 Or how I lost my way.

 

 He came dancing across the water

 Cortez, Cortez

 What a killer.