Cortez the Killer

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world And the palace in the sun On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he wondered With the secrets of the worlds And his subjects gather 'round him Like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many colors For their 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 [Verse 2] Hate was just a legend And war was never known The people worked together And they lifted many stones And they carried them to the flatlands And they died along the way But they built with their bare hands What we cannot build today And I know she's living there And she loves me to this day Oh, I still can't remember when Or how I lost my way [Outro] He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez What a killer