Like An Inca - Neil Young

Said the condor to the preying mantis

We’re gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis

Brother we got to go sooner than you know

The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothin’showed.

Who put the bomb on the sacred altar?

Why should we die if it comes our way?

Why should we care about a little button

Being pushed by someone we don’t even know?

Well.

I wish I was an Aztec,

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

If you want to get high, build a strong foundation

Sink those pylons deep now and reach for the sky

If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm

Get down on the ground and pretend you’re swimmin'.

If you want to put ice in the lava river

First you must climb, then you must stand and shiver

Brother we got to go sooner than you know

The Gypsy told my fortune, the Gypsy told my fortune,

The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothing showed

Well I wish I was an Aztec,

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

Said the condor to the preying mantis

We’re gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis

Brother we got to go sooner than you know

The Gypsy told my fortune, the Gypsy told my fortune,

The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothin’showed.

Who put the bomb on the sacred altar?

Why should we die if it comes our way?

Why should we care about a little button

Being pushed by someone we don’t even know?

Well.

I wish I was an Aztec,

Or a runner in Peru

I would build such beautiful buildings

To house the chosen few

Like an Inca from Peru.

I feel sad, but I feel happy

As I’m coming back to home

There’s a bridge across the river

That I have to cross alone

Like a skipping rolling stone

Like an Inca.