NEIL YOUNG - Cortez The Killer lyrics

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He came dancing across the water<br>With his galleons and guns<br>Looking for the new world<br>In that palace in the sun.<br><br>On the shore lay montezuma<br>With his coca leaves and pearls<br>In his halls he often wondered<br>With the secrets of the worlds.<br><br>And his subjects gathered 'round him<br>Like the leaves around a tree<br>In their clothes of many colors<br>For the angry gods to see.<br><br>And the women all were beautiful<br>And the men stood straight and strong<br>They offered life in sacrifice<br>So that others could go on.<br><br>Hate was just a legend<br>And war was never known<br>The people worked together<br>And they lifted many stones.<br><br>They carried them to the flatlands<br>And they died along the way<br>But they built up with their bare hands<br>What we still can't do today.<br><br>And I know she's living there<br>And she loves me to this day<br>I still can't remember when<br>Or how I lost my way.<br><br>He came dancing across the water<br>Cortez, cortez<br>What a killer.