Cortez the Killer

He came dancing across the water

With his stallions and guns.

Looking for the new world

And the palace in the sun

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his cocoa leaves and pearls,

In his halls he often wondered

The secrets of the world.

And his subjects gathered round him,

Like the leaves around a tree,

In the clothes of many colors,

For the 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.

Hate was just a legend,

And war was never know.

People worked together

And the lifted many stones.

And they carried them to the flatlands,

But they died along the way.

And they built up with their bare hands

What we still can't do today.

And I know she's living there,

And she loves me to this day.

I still can't remember when

Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across

the water, Cortez... Cortez...

What a killer.