Matthew Sweet - Cortez the Killer lyrics
[Matthew Sweet - Cortez the Killer lyrics]
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
On the shore lay montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
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
And war was never known
People worked together
And they lifted many stones
They carried them to the flatlands
And she loves me to this day
I can't remember when or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez cortez what a killer
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
On the shore lay montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
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
And war was never known
People worked together
And they lifted many stones
They carried them to the flatlands
And she loves me to this day
I can't remember when or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez cortez what a killer