Cortez The Killer Lyrics - Indigo Girls

He came dancing across the water 

With his galleons and guns 

Looking for a new world 

And a palace in the sun 

And on the shore lay montezuma 

With it's coca leaves and pearls 

In his halls he often wondered 

With the secrets of the world 

And the subjects gathered round him 

Like the leaves around the trees 

His coat of many colors 

For the angry gods to see 

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And the women all were beautiful 

And the men stood straight and strong 

He offered life with sacrifice 

So that others might go on 

Yeah 

Now hate was just a legend 

And war was never known 

The people worked together 

And they lifted many stones 

And they carried them across the flatland 

But they died along the way 

(many lives were lost) 

Built up with their bare hands 

What we still can't do today 

(many lives were lost) 

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And I know she's living there 

And loves me to this day 

I can't remember when 

Or how I lost my way 

Ah-oh 

Ah-oh 

Ah-oh 

Ah-oh 

He came dancing across the water 

Cortez, cortez 

What a killer