The Great Nations of Europe had gathered on the shore They'd conquered what was behind them and now they wanted more So they looked to the mighty ocean and took to the western sea The great nations of europe in the 16th century
Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too The great nations of europe comin through
The Grand Canary Islands first land to which they came They slaughtered all the canaries there which gave the land it's name There were natives there called guanches, guanches by the score Bullet's, disease the portugese, they weren't there any more
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone You never seen anyone so gone There's pictures in a museum, some lines written in a book But you won't find a live one, no matter where you look
Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too The great nations of europe comin through
Columbus sailed for india found salvidor instead He shook hands with some indians and soon they all were dead They got tb and typhoid and athletes foot, diptheria and the flu 'scuse me great nations comin through
Balboa found the pacific and on the trail one day He met some friendly indians whom he was told were gay Soooooooooooooo He had them torn apart by dogs on religious grounds they say The great nations of europe were quite holy in their way
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone You never seen anyone so gone Some bones hidden in a canyon some paintings in a cave They're no use tryin to save them, there's nothin left to save
Hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well With the great nations of europe you never can tell
Where you and i are standing at the end of a century Europes have sprung up everywhere as even i can see But there on the horizon is the possiblity That some bug from out of africa might come for you and me Destroying everything in it's path from sea to shining sea Like the great nations of europe in the 16th centuryTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
