[Verse 1]
A man can lose his past in a country like this
Wandering aimless
Parched and nameless
A man could lose his way in a country like this
Canyons and cactus
Endless and trackless

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Searching through a grim eternity
Sculptured by a prehistoric sea

[Chorus]
Seven Cities of Gold
What stories that fired my imagination
Seven Cities of Gold
A splendid mirage in this desolation
Seven Cities of Gold
Glowing in my dreams like hallucinations
Glitter in the sun like a revelation
Distant as a comet or a constellation

[Verse 2]
A man can lose himself in a country like this
Rewrite the story
Recapture the glory
A man could lose his life in a country like this
Sunblind and friendless
Frozen and endless
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And the nights get longer, the farther I go
Wake to aching cold and a deep Sahara of snow

[Chorus]
Seven Cities of Gold
What stories that fired my imagination
Seven Cities of Gold
A splendid mirage in this desolation
Seven Cities of Gold
Glowing in my dreams like hallucinations
Glitter in the sun like a revelation
Distant as a comet or a constellation

[Guitar solo]

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Oh, that gleam in the distance could be heaven's gate
A long-awaited treasure at the end of my cruel fate

[Chorus]
Seven Cities of Gold
What stories that fired my imagination
Seven Cities of Gold
A splendid mirage in this desolation
Seven Cities of Gold
Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations
Glitter in the sun like a revelation
Distant as a comet or a constellation