Cortez the Killer

Song Cortez the Killer
Artist Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Album Zuma

Lyrics

[03:21.08] He came dancing across the water
[03:26.02] With his galleons and guns
[03:31.03] Looking for the new world
[03:35.00] And a palace in the sun.
[03:38.09] On the shore lay Montezuma
[03:43.02] With his coca leaves and pearls
[03:47.06] In his halls he often wandered
[03:51.04] With the secrets of the world.
[03:55.09] And his subjects gathered 'round him
[04:00.01] Like the leaves around a tree
[04:03.08] In their clothes of many colors
[04:07.05] For the angry gods to see.
[04:12.08] And the women all were beautiful
[04:16.08] And the men stood straight and strong
[04:20.09] They offered life in sacrifice
[04:25.05] So that others could go on.
[04:30.09]
[05:19.07] Hate was just a legend
[05:23.07] And war was never known
[05:27.08] The people worked together
[05:31.09] And they lifted many stones.
[05:36.04] And they carried them to the flatlands
[05:40.08] But they died along the way
[05:44.06] And they built up with their bare hands
[05:49.04] What we still can't do today.
[05:53.03] And I know she's living there
[05:57.04] And she loves me to this day
[06:02.04] I still can't remember when
[06:05.03] Or how I lost my way.
[06:10.09]
[06:42.01] He came dancing across the water
[06:48.07] Cortez, Cortez
[06:53.00] What a killer.
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