he came dancing across the water
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with his galleons and guns
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looking for a new world
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and a palace in the sun
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and on the shore lay montezuma
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with it's coca leaves and pearls
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in his halls he often wondered
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with the secrets of the world
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and the subjects gathered round him
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like the leaves around the trees
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his coat of many colors
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for the angry gods to see
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and the women all were beautiful
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and the men stood straight and strong
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he offered life with sacrifice
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so that others might go on
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yeah
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now hate was just a legend
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and war was never known
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the people worked together
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and they lifted many stones
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and they carried them across the flatland
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but they died along the way
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(many lives were lost)
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built up with their bare hands
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what we still can't do today
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(many lives were lost)
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and i know she's living there
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and loves me to this day
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i can't remember when
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or how i lost my way
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ah-oh
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ah-oh
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ah-oh
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ah-oh
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he came dancing across the water
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cortez, cortez
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what a killer
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cortez the killer
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| Indigo Girls |
