Neil Young — Cortez the Killer

[Verse] 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 wondered With the secrets of the world And his subjects Gathered around 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 And they died along the way But 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 [Outro] He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez What a killer