Once upon a time A child with no name No grasp or brain at all Was sent to get and sail So far through a new world And maybe he could find there Some brave new gold He had to learn with masters He had to pay with pain His sense and skills grew faster He had to face his fate Getting in touch with certain people Reaching distant lands Under his commands could so bring up Lastly his plans Why so hard? They will ask you why Why so false? They will not forget Why so weird? They don't understand Why for gold? On and on the same When the game was falling Hope soon showed up Forcing captured natives to speak Double-dealing with both sides After all, it was clear Politics have no relation to morals Why so hard? They will ask you why Why so false? They will not forget Why so weird? They don't understand Why for gold? On and on the same The booby trap caught Atahualpa And he could not even react Injecting flunkey Incas made the new empire rise But at some point his friend brawled him and died And so Pizarro was murdered by some Almagro's old ally Why so hard? They will ask you why Why so false? They will not forget Why so weird? They don't understand Why for gold? On and on the same