Neil Young Cortez The Killer Lyrics

He came dancing across the water,
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world,
And that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma,
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered,
With the secrets of the world
And his subjects gathered 'round him,
Like the leaves around a tree
In their 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 known
The people worked together,
And they lifted many stones
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