Dave Matthews Band - "Cortez the Killer" lyrics
*** Complimentary Cortez the Killer Ringtone ***
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
In his halls, he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds
With his cocoa leaves and pearls
Like the leaves around a tree
And his subjects gathered round him
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
So that others could go on
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
In his halls, he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds
With his cocoa leaves and pearls
Like the leaves around a tree
And his subjects gathered round him
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
So that others could go on
They offered life in sacrifice
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
And they lifted many stones
The people worked together
And they died along the way
They carried them to the flatlands
What we still can’t build today
But they built up with their bare hands
And she loves me to this day
And I know she’s living there
I still can’t remember when
Or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killerCortez, Cortez
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
And they lifted many stones
The people worked together
And they died along the way
They carried them to the flatlands
What we still can’t build today
But they built up with their bare hands
And she loves me to this day
And I know she’s living there
I still can’t remember when
Or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killerCortez, Cortez
*** Complimentary Cortez the Killer Ringtone ***
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