el dorado

year : 2000
album : the road to el dorado
writers : elton john tim rice

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our glorious ci – ty

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was build by the divinities by gods

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who saw fit to bestow

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the gift of a paradise

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peaceful and harmonious up – on

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us mere mortals below

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and made el dorado

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the magnificent and gol – den

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one thousand years ago

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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but all this was gran – ted

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for only one millenium

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i know my legacy is to fulfill

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my promise to all my people

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who have trusted me , the gods

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will approve of us still

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preserve el dora – do

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the magnificent and gol – den

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and i believe they will

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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the mountains so high and waters deep

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are her disguise

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her secrets are safe from foreign hands

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and eyes forever

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preserve el dora – do

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the magnificent and gol – den

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and i believe they will

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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el dorado , el dora – do , el dora_______do

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