Cortez The Killer

Song Cortez The Killer
Artist Neil Young
Album Decade

Lyrics

[03:25.688] He came dancing across the water
[03:29.768] With his galleons and guns
[03:34.948] Looking for the new world
[03:38.998] In that palace in the sun.
[03:42.568] On the shore lay Montezuma
[03:46.558] With his coca leaves and pearls
[03:51.589] In his halls he often wondered
[03:55.408] With the secrets of the worlds.
[03:59.428] And his subjects gathered 'round him
[04:03.258] Like the leaves around a tree
[04:07.708] In their clothes of many colors
[04:11.928] For the angry gods to see.
[04:16.689] And the women all were beautiful
[04:20.469] And the men stood straight and strong
[04:25.489] They offered life in sacrifice
[04:28.909] So that others could go on.
[05:23.289] Hate was just a legend
[05:27.778] And war was never known
[05:32.628] The people worked together
[05:35.888] And they lifted many stones.
[05:40.229] They carried them to the flatlands
[05:44.239] And they died along the way
[05:48.898] But they built up with their bare hands
[05:52.408] What we still can't do today.
[05:56.719] And I know she's living there
[06:00.799] And she loves me to this day
[06:05.799] I still can't remember when
[06:10.39] Or how I lost my way.
[06:47.590] He came dancing across the water
[06:52.590] Cortez, Cortez
[06:56.778] What a killer.