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      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)      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