Church - Cortez The Killer lyrics

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He came dancing across the water<br />

With galleons and his guns<br />

Looking for the new world<br />

A palace in the sun<br />

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On the shore lay Montezuma<br />

With his cocoa leaves and his pearls<br />

In his halls he often wondered<br />

With the secrets of the worlds<br />

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And his subjects gathered 'round him<br />

Like the leaves around a tree<br />

In their coats of many colors<br />

For the angry gods to see<br />

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And the women all were beautiful<br />

The men were tall and strong<br />

He offered life in sacrifice<br />

So that others could go on<br />

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War was just a legend<br />

Hate was quite unknown<br />

And the people worked together<br />

And they lifted many stones<br />

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And they carried them to the flatlands<br />

And they died along the way<br />

But they raised up with their bare hands<br />

What we still can't do today<br />

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And I know she's living there<br />

She loves me to this day<br />

I still don't know where<br />

Or how I lost my way<br />

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He came dancing across the water<br />

Cortez, Cortez<br />

What a killer<br />

What a killer