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Cortez the Killer (Live 1991)
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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He came dancin' across the water
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With his galleons and guns
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Looking for the new world
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In that palace in the sun
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On the shore lay Montezuma
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With his coca leaves and pearls
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In his halls, he often wandered
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With the secrets of the worlds
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His subjects gathered 'round him
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Like the leaves around a tree
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In their clothes 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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Men stood straight and strong
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They offered life in sacrifice
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So others could go on
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Hate was just a legend
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War was never known
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People worked together
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And they lifted many stones
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They carried them to the flatlands
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And they died along the way
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But they built up with their bare hands
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What we still can't do today
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And I know she's living there
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And she loves me to this day
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I still can't remember how
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Or where I lost my way
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He came dancin' across the water
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Cortez, Cortez, what a killer
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Yeah, dancin' across the water
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Cortez, Cortez, what a killer, killer
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Yeah, dancin' across the water
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Cortez, Cortez, what a killer
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