El Dorado

Lyrics

[Intro] Nur-D and MC Lars! [Verse 1, MC Lars] Gaily bedight, a gallant knight in sunshine and in shadow Had journeyed long, singing a song in search of Eldorado But he grew old, this knight so bold and o'er his heart a shadow Fell, as he found no spot of ground that looked like Eldorado Uh, in the middle of the night They massacred the Wiyot with clubs and knives And hatches and guns the militia attacked Asking the government to give them a pass On Tuluwat, they were stabbed and shot Kids and grandmas in a genocidal plot On an island in middle of the Humboldt Bay One hundred dead that day [Chorus, Nur-D] Everything that glitters can't be gold, I know I can not quit this hunger, so I'm not going to fight it, I'm trying to find it El Dorado, El Dorado, El Dorado You can find me in the City of Gold [Verse 2, MC Lars] And as his strength failed him at length, he met a pilgrim Shadow "Shadow," said he, "Where can it be, this land called Eldorado?" "Over the Mountains of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow Ride, boldly ride," the Shade replied "If you seek for Eldorado." Back in Hydesville the miners claimed That Manifest Destiny had made it all okay A systematic murder of the Hoopa and Modoc Karuk, and Shasta and no they would not stop From Bear River to Berry Summit The Wiyot Natives saw their numbers plummet Children butchered, terrified and afraid Some drowned in the bay as they tried to escape [Chorus, Nur-D] Everything that glitters can't be gold, I know I can not quit this hunger, so I'm not going to fight it, I'm trying to find it El Dorado, El Dorado, El Dorado You can find me in the City of Gold [Outro, MC Lars] "Over the Mountains of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow Ride, boldly ride," the Shade replied "If you seek for Eldorado."