Great Nations Of Europe Lyrics - Randy Newman

The great nations of Europe 

Had gathered on the shore 

They'd conquered what was behind them 

And now they wanted more 

So they looked to the mighty ocean 

And took to the western sea 

The great nations of Europe in the sixteenth century 

Hide your wives and daughters 

Hide the groceries too 

Great nations of Europe coming through 

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The Grand Canary Islands 

First land to which they came 

They slaughtered all the canaries 

Which gave the land its name 

There were natives there called Guanches 

Guanches by the score 

Bullets, disease, the Portugese, and they weren't there anymore 

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone 

You've never seen anyone so gone 

They're a picture in a museum 

Some lines written in a book 

But you won't find a live one no matter where you look 

Hide your wives and daughters 

Hide the groceries too 

Great nations of Europe coming through 

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Columbus sailed for India 

Found Salvador instead 

He shook hands with some Indians and soon they all were dead 

They got TB and typhoid and athlete's foot 

Diptheria and the flu 

Excuse me, Great nations coming through 

Balboa found the pacific 

And on the trail one day 

He met some friendly Indians 

Whom he was told were gay 

So he had them torn apart by dogs on religious grounds they say 

The great nations of Europe were quite holy in their way 

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone 

You've never seen anyone so gone 

Some bones hidden in a canyon 

Some paintings in a cave 

There's no use trying to save them 

There's nothing left to save 

Hide your wives and daughters 

Hide your sons as well 

With the great nations of Europe you never can tell 

From where you and I are standing 

At the end of a century 

Europes have sprung up everyone as even I can see 

But there on the horizon as a possiblity 

Some bug from out of Africa might come for you and me 

Destroying everything in its path 

From sea to shining sea 

Like the great nations of Europe 

In the sixteenth century