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

• A Heart in New York
• American Tune
• Another on The Rise
• Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow
• Bartender's Blues
• Beauty to Disaster
• Blister in The Sun
• Blood Quantum
• Carolina in My Mind
• Carry Me Away
• Chiapas Bound
• Christmastime in Washington
• Clampdown
• Clues to You
• Cold as Ice
• Come Down in Time
• Cortez The Killer
• Country Road
• Cowgirl in The Sand
• Daddy's All Gone
• Dancing Shoes
• Danny's Song
• Devotion
• Don't Give up on Me Baby
• Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
• Draw The Line
• Drift Away
• Everybody's Waiting
• Falling Star
• Father & Son
• Finlandia
• Fire & Rain
• Forgiveness
• Free Through Eternity
• Girls Talk
• Go Go Go
• Goodnight Irene
• Half Moon Cafe
• Heartache Central Time
• Her Town Too
• High Horse
• Holy City
• House at Pooh Corner
• I Don't Know Your Name
• I Don't Wanna Talk About It
• I Shall Be Released
• I'll Be There
• I'll Give You My Skin
• If You Live Like That
• It Won't Take Long
• It's Too Late
• Jacob's Ladder/this Train Revised
• Johnny Rottentale
• Junkie's Lament
• Just Passing Time
• Killing Time
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Leaving
• Letter to Eve
• Life's So Strange
• Lifeblood
• Lincoln Duncan
• Little Darling
• Long Ago & Far Away
• Losing Touch
• Love by You
• Love of The Common People
• Love The One You're With
• Make This House a Home
• Malachy's
• Measure of Me
• Melissa
• Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
• Never Stop
• No Way Out
• No Way to Treat a Friend
• Peace Song
• Philosophy of Loss
• Play It Again Sam
• Please Call Me, Baby
• Pretty Vision
• Problem Child
• Redemption Song
• Rock Me on The Water
• Rockin' in The Free World
• Running from The Cold
• Should Have Never Crossed Your Path
• Slow Moving Sea
• Southern Man
• Summer, Highland Falls
• Summertime
• Sweet Gypsy
• The Ballad of Squeaky Fromme
• The Distance Remains The Same
• The Hard Way
• The Mountain Top
• The Untitled Song
• The Water is Wide
• The Weakness in Me
• Thursday Afternoon
• Tuesday's Children
• Uncle John's Band
• Up in Smoke
• Up on The Roof
• Walking Through Fire
• White House Blues
• Wild Horses
• Wild Wild Party in The Loquat Tree
• Winthrop
• Wish You Were Here
• Wysteria