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 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!

You'll be wanting a contract, ah! 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 envied pride - It's the same old same old way

The smoke and mirror's 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

Their ship of fools is sinking as their cracks begin to grow

There is no easy way for an honest man today

Which is something you should think of as my life boat sails away

• Artist:Iron Maiden
• Album:The Final Frontier