[Verse 1]
Got to tell you a story on a cold winter's night
You'll be sailing for glory before you know what is right
So, come over here now, I got a vision for you
It's my personal snake oil, it's just something I do

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'm the jester with no tears and I'm playing on your fears
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death
The eternal lie I've told about the pyramids of gold
I've got you hooked at every turn, your money's left to burn
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)

[Verse 2]
You'll be wanting a contract, ha! You'll be waiting a while
I'd like to give you my contact but that isn't my style
Well, you only get one chance and it's too good to miss
If I didn't lie to you, then I wouldn't exist

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Greed, lust, and envy, pride, it's the same old, same old ride
The smoke-and-mirrors visions that you see are just like me
I'm a clever banker's face with just a letter out of place
I know someone just like you knows someone just like me

[Chorus]
El Dorado, come and play, El Dorado, step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado, streets of gold, see my ship is oversold
You got one last chance to try
[Instrumental Break: 3:16-4:44]
[Guitar Solos]

[Verse 3]
So gone is the glory and gone is the gold
Well, if you knew the story, how come it has to be told?
Well, you can say I'm a devil and I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side, hey! On with the show

[Pre-Chorus 3]
So, now my tale is told, big and bad and twice as bold
This ship of fools is sinking as the cracks begin to grow
There is no easy way for an honest man today
Which is something you should think on as my lifeboat sails away

[Chorus]
El Dorado, come and play, El Dorado, step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado, streets of gold, see my ship is oversold
You got one last chance to try
El Dorado, come and play, El Dorado, step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado, streets of gold, see my ship is oversold
You got one last chance to try