Came dancing across the water 

His galleons and guns 

Looking for the new world 

Palace in the sun 



On the shore lay Montezuma 

His coca leaves and pearls 

In his halls he often wondered 

The secrets of the worlds 



And his subjects gathered 'round him 

Like the leaves around a tree 

In their 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 

The people worked together 

And they lifted many stones 



They carried them to the flatlands 

And they died along the way 

They built up with their bare hands 

What we still can't build today 



And I know she's living there 

She loves me to this day 

And I can't still remember when 

Or how I lost my way 



Cortez, Cortez 

He came dancing across the water

Cortez, Cortez 

What a killer

Dancing across the water

Came dancing across the water

Cortez, Cortez

Dancing across the water (4x)

Cortez, Cortez

Dancing across the water (2x)

He came dancing across the water