Cortez The Killer Lyrics - Soundtrack Exclusives & Rarities - Matthew Sweet

He came dancing across the water 

With his galleons and guns 

Looking for the new world 

And the 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 worlds 

And his subjects gathered round him 

Like the leaves around a tree 

In his 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 

Now hate was just a legend 

And war was never known 

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 is living there 

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