Iron Maiden — El Dorado lyrics
Gotta tell you a story
On a cold winter's night.
You'll be sailing for glory
Before you know what is right.
So come over here now.
I've got a vision for you.
It's my personal snake oil.
It's just something I do.
I'm a jester with no tears
And I'm playing on your fears.
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death.
The eternal lie I've told
About the pyramids of gold.
I've got you hooked, at every turn your money's left to burn.
Hahahahahahahaa!
You'll be wanting a contract.
Hah, you'll be waiting a while.
I'd like to give you my contact
But that isn't my style.
Well, you only get one chance
And it's too good to miss.
If I didn't lie to ya
Then I wouldn't exist.
Greed, lust and envy, pride.
It's the same old, same old way.
The smoke and mirrors, visions that you see are just like me.
I'm a clever banker's face
With just a letter out of place.
I know someone just like you know someone just like me.
El Dorado, come and play.
El Dorado, step this way.
Take a ticket for the ride.
El Dorado, streets of gold.
See, the ship is oversold.
You've got one last chance to try.
So, gone is the glory
And gone is the gold.
Well, if you need a story,
How come, it has to be told.
Well, you can say I'm a devil
And I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side,
Hey, on with the show.
So, now my tale is told.
Big and bad and twice as bold.
The ship of fools is sinking as the cracks begin to grow.
There is no easy way
For an honest man to die
Which is something you should think of as my lifeboat sails away.
El Dorado, come and play.
El Dorado, step this way.
Take a ticket for the ride.
El Dorado, streets of gold.
See, the ship is oversold.
You've got one last chance to try.
El Dorado, come and play.
El Dorado, step this way.
Take a ticket for the ride.
El Dorado, streets of gold.
See, the ship is oversold.
You've got one last chance to try.
Added by Smucka
On a cold winter's night.
You'll be sailing for glory
Before you know what is right.
So come over here now.
I've got a vision for you.
It's my personal snake oil.
It's just something I do.
I'm a jester with no tears
And I'm playing on your fears.
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death.
The eternal lie I've told
About the pyramids of gold.
I've got you hooked, at every turn your money's left to burn.
Hahahahahahahaa!
You'll be wanting a contract.
Hah, you'll be waiting a while.
I'd like to give you my contact
But that isn't my style.
Well, you only get one chance
And it's too good to miss.
If I didn't lie to ya
Then I wouldn't exist.
Greed, lust and envy, pride.
It's the same old, same old way.
The smoke and mirrors, visions that you see are just like me.
I'm a clever banker's face
With just a letter out of place.
I know someone just like you know someone just like me.
El Dorado, come and play.
El Dorado, step this way.
Take a ticket for the ride.
El Dorado, streets of gold.
See, the ship is oversold.
You've got one last chance to try.
So, gone is the glory
And gone is the gold.
Well, if you need a story,
How come, it has to be told.
Well, you can say I'm a devil
And I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side,
Hey, on with the show.
So, now my tale is told.
Big and bad and twice as bold.
The ship of fools is sinking as the cracks begin to grow.
There is no easy way
For an honest man to die
Which is something you should think of as my lifeboat sails away.
El Dorado, come and play.
El Dorado, step this way.
Take a ticket for the ride.
El Dorado, streets of gold.
See, the ship is oversold.
You've got one last chance to try.
El Dorado, come and play.
El Dorado, step this way.
Take a ticket for the ride.
El Dorado, streets of gold.
See, the ship is oversold.
You've got one last chance to try.
Added by Smucka