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Conquistador Lyrics By Procol Harum

    conquistador your stallion stands
    in need of company
    and like some angel’s haloed brow
    you reek of purity
    i see your armourplated breast
    has long since lost its sheen
    and in your death mask face
    there are no signs which can be seen

    though i hoped for something to find
    i could see no maze to unwind

    conquistador a vulture sits
    upon your silver shield
    and in your rusty scabbard now
    the sand has taken seed
    and though your jewelencrusted blade
    has not been plundered still
    the sea has washed across your face
    and taken of its fill

    though i hoped for something to find
    i could see no maze to unwind
    though i hoped for something to find
    i could see no maze to unwind

    conquistador there is no time
    i must pay my respect
    and though i came to jeer at you
    i leave now with regret
    and as the gloom begins to fall
    i see there is no aureole
    and though you came with sword held high
    you did not conquer only die

    though i hoped for something to find
    i could see no maze to unwind
    though i hoped for something to find
    i could see no maze to unwind

    and though i hoped for something to find
    i could see no maze to unwind

    coda

    Artist: Procol Harum

    Year: 1972

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 116