Cortez The Killer Lyrics - Live - Built To Spill

He came dancing across the water with his stallions 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 wondered the secrets of the world 

And his subjects gathered round him, like the leaves around a tree 

In the 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 

People worked together and they lifted many stones 

And they carried them to the flat lands 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's living there and she loves me to this day 

I still can't remember when or how I lost my way