IRON MAIDEN - EL DORADO (Lyrics)

Gotta tell you a story
On a cold winter's night
You'll be sailin' for glory
Before you know what is right
So come over here now
I got a vision for you
It's my personal snake oil
It's just something I do

I'm the 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

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!

You'd be wanting a contract
You'll be waiting a while
I'd love 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

We lost an envy pry
It's the same old same old way
It's smoke and mirrors,
visions that you see are just like me
I'm a clever banker's face
With just a little out of place
I know someone just like you
Knows some 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 has almost sold
You've got one last chance to try

[Guitar Solo]

So gone is the glory
And gone is the gold
Well if you need a story
I'll 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
This ship of fools is sinking
As the cranks begin to grow
There is no easy way
For an honest man today
Which is something you should think on
As my life boat 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 has almost sold
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 has almost sold
You've got one last chance to try

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