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Verse:

Won't you come inside, and lay down next to my fire
Can you feel my heartbeat, let me show you my desire
First you have to tell me please, uh huh
Gonna bring you to your knees, uh huh
Gonna make you scream for more
Come inside and lock the door
And let down, let down
Let down your guard

Chorus:

Ahh, ah oww, come inside
Ahh, ah oww, baby it's all right [it's all right]
Ahh, ah oww, come inside
Ahh, ah oww, baby it's all right [it's all right]

This is not a one-night stand
I care for you, please understand
Baby won't you come inside
I'll take you for a little ride

I wanna touch you there, uh huh
Run my fingers through your hair, uh huh
Gonna take you for a ride
But you have to come inside
And let down, let down
Let down your guard

(chorus)

Ahh, ah oww
Ahh, ah oww [it's all right]
Ahh, ah oww
Ahh, ah oww [it's all right, it's all right, it's all right]

(verse)
(chorus)

Ahh, ah oow, cause i wanna touch you there
Ahh, ah oww, run my fingers through your hair
Ahh, ah oww, gonna take you for a ride
But you have to come inside
And let down
Let down your guard

Ahh [it's all right], ah oww, first you have to tell me please, uh huh
Gonna bring you to your knees, [it's all right], uh huh
Gonna make you scream for more
Come inside and lock the door
And let down
Let down your guard [it's all right]

(chorus, repeat and fade)

(eva:)
I don't expect my love affairs to last for long
Never fool myself that my dreams will come true
Being used to trouble i anticipate it
But all the same i hate it, wouldn't you?

Chorus:

(eva:) so what happens now?
(che:) another suitcase in another hall
(eva:) so what happens now?
(che:) take your picture off another wall
(eva:) where am i going to?
(che:) you'll get by, you always have before
(eva:) where am i going to?

Time and time again i've said that i don't care
That i'm immune to gloom, that i'm hard through and through
But every time it matters all my words desert me
So anyone can hurt me, and they do

(chorus)

Call in three months time and i'll be fine, i know
Well maybe not that fine, but i'll survive anyhow
I won't recall the names and places of each sad occasion
But that's no consolation here and now.

(chorus, with che's lines being sung by the starlets)

(huevo:)
Don't ask anymore.

[evita, evita, evita, evita]
[evita, evita, evita]

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When i try to explain how i feel
That i still your love after all that i've done

You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen, i had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun

So i chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Chorus:

No llores por mi argentina
Mi alma esta contigo
Mi vida entera, te la dedico
Mas no te alejes

Te necesito
Don't cry for me argentina
My soul is with you
My whole life, i dedicate to you
Don't keep your distance

I need you


And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world they were all i desired

They are illusions
They're not the solutions they promise to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me

(chorus)

Chorus2:

No llores por mi argentina
Jamas yo te he abandonado
Aunque en silencio, mi alma te grita
Hoy y por siempre
[soy argentina]
Soy argentina
(translation:
Don't cry for me argentina
I have never left you
Although in silence, my soul cries to you
Now and forever
[i am argentina]
I am argentina )


[ahh, so i chose freedom for argentina, ahh]
[no llores por mi]

[evita, evita, evita, evita]
[evita, evita, evita]

So i chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

(chorus)
(chorus2)

No llores por mi

Have i said too much?
There's nothing more i can think of to say to you.
But all you have to do is look at me to know
That every word is true

(eva:)
The choice was mine, and mine completely
I could have any prize that i desired
I could burn with the splendor of the brightest fire
Or else, or else i could choose time

Remember i was very young then
And a year was forever and a day
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
I saw the lights, and i was on my way

And how i lived, how they shone
But how soon the lights were gone

(che:)
The choice was yours and noone else's
You can cry for a body in despair
Hang your head because she is no longer there
To shine, to dazzle, or betray
How she lived, how she shone
But how soon the lights were gone

(embalmers:)
Eyes, hair, face, image
All must be preserved
Still life displayed forever
No less than she deserved.

Gambler, gambler

Chorus:

I'm a gambler, and i will take you by surprise
Gambler, i'll aim this straight between your eyes
Gambler, yeah i know all the words to say
'cause i'm a gambler, i only play the game my way, yeah

Don't want to say this but i think that i should
I'm better off forgotten if you think that i'd be good
One day you see me the next day i'm gone
Don't fight me baby i don't want to hold on
I'm a gambler, a gambler

You're not happy with the way i act
You better turn around boy, don't look back
You're getting angry, you know i can see
You're just jealous 'cause you can't be me

(chorus)

Intermediate:

You can't stop me now
'cause i'm right and i'm making advances
Let me show you how
Tonight, i'll be taking my chances
On you, on you, on you, on you, that's right baby

I'm a gambler, gambler
You understand what i'm talking about?

(chorus)
(intermediate)

I'm a gambler, a gambler
Gambler, 'cause i'm a gambler

You can't stop me now
I'm on the road baby i know how
You can't stop me now
Oh no

You can't stop me now (repeat 3 times)

'cause i'm a gambler, yeah i'm a gambler
That's right baby

My name is dita
I'll be your mistress tonight
I'll be your loved one darling
Turn off the light
I'll be your sorceress, your heart's magician
I'm not a witch, i'm a love technician

I'll be a guiding light in your darkest hour
I'm gonna change your life, i'm like a poison flower

Give it up, do as i say
Give it up and let me have my way
I'll give you love, i'll hit you like a truck
I'll give you love, i'll teach you how to ...

Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
All over me (repeat 3 times)

We could use the cage
I've got a lot of rope
I'm not full of rage
I'm full of hope
This is not a crime and you're not on trial
Bend over baby, i'm gonna make you smile

Light the candles, 'til they're nice and soft
And when they start to drip, i'm gonna get you off

Give it up, do as i say
Give it up and let me have my way
I'll give you love, i'll hit you like a truck
I'll give you love, i'll teach you how to ...

Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
All over me (repeat 3 times)

Give it up, do as i say
Give up and let me have my way
I'll give you love, i'll hit you like a truck
I'll give you love, i'll teach you how to ...

I could bring you so much pleasure

Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my ...

Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
All over me

Only the one that hurts you can make you feel better
Only the one that inflicts pain can take it away

Eroti - ca

(eva:)
There again i've more to do
Than simply get the message through
I haven't started
Let's get this show on the road
Let's make it obvious
Peron is off and rolling

Chorus:

(eva's dressers:)
Eyes, hair, mouth, figure
Dress, voice, style, movement
Hands, magic, rings, glamour
Face, diamonds, excitement, image

(eva:)
I came from the people, they need to adore me
So christian dior me from my head to my toes
I need to be dazzling, i want to be rainbow high
They must have excitement, and so must i

(eva's dressers:)
Eyes, hair, mouth, figure
Dress, voice, style, image

(eva:)
I'm their product, it's vital you sell me
So machiavell me, make an argentine rose
I need to be thrilling, i want to be rainbow high
They need their escape, and so do i

(chorus)

(eva:)
All my descamisados expect me to outshine the enemy
I won't disappoint them
I'm their savior, that's what they call me
So lauren bacall me, anything goes
To make me fantastic, i have to be rainbow high
In magical colors

You're not decorating a girl for a night on the town
And i'm not a second-rate queen getting kicks with a crown

Next stop will be europe
The rainbow's gonna tour, dressed up, somewhere to go
We'll put on a show

Look out, mighty europe
Because you oughta know whatcha gonna get in me
Just a little touch of
Just a little touch of
Argentina's brand of star quality

(peron:)
But on the other hand, she's all they have
She's a diamond in their dull gray lives
And that's the hardest kind of stone
It usually survives
And when you think about it, can you recall
The last time they loved anyone at all?

She's not a bauble you can brush aside
She's been out doing what we just talked about, example
Gave us back our businesses, got the english out
And when you think about it, well why not do
One or two of the things we promised to?

But on the other hand, she's slowing down
She's lost a little of that magic drive
But i would not advise those critics present to derive
Any satisfaction from her fading star
She's the one who's kept us where we are

(officers:)
She's the one who's kept you where you are

Tu piensas que yo no podre vivir sin ti
Tu piensas no podra sobrevivir
Que nada me queda, si no estas junto a mi
Veras que no es asi

Tu piensas que jamas sere feliz sin ti
Que destruiste al fin mi corazon
Que no voy a descubrir la forma de volver atras
Sin ti, yo se que si

Estribillo:

Ya lo veras
No necesito a nadie mas
Podre resistir
Voy a poder seguir
Lo hare por mi
Sera mi gloria personal
Nadie, ni tu, me la podra quitar
Veras

Acepta la verdad, no llorare por ti
Yo se que asi sera, podre salir
Voy a saltar sin red, y no voy a caer
Sera mejor sin ti

(estribillo)

Veras
(translation:
You think i won't be able to live without you
You think: she won't be able to survive
That i have nothing left if you're not by my side
You'll see, it's not like that

You think i'll never be happy without you
That finally you destroyed my heart
That i won't find my way back
Without you, i know i will

Chorus:

You will see
I don't need anyone else
I will resist
I'll manage to go on
I'll do it for myself
It will be my personal glory
No one, not even you, can take it from me
You'll see

Accept the truth, i will not cry for you
I know it'll be so, i will pull through
I'll jump without a net, and i'm not going to fall
It will be better without you

(chorus)

You'll see )

Breathe in, breathe out
I say a little prayer
How the gods above
Could be so unfair

Chorus:

I know there's someone out there
Waiting for me
There must be someone out there
There just has to be

Go on, go on
Don't sit there like a fool
You've graduated from
A different kind of school

(chorus, repeat)

I should be glad that i'm alive
It could have been much worse
I might have never loved at all
And never known what i am worth

How the gods above
Could be so unfair

(chorus, repeat)

(crowd:)
[evita peron, partido feminista] (repeat in background)

(eva:)
Peron is everything, he is the soul, the nerve
The hope and the reality of the argentine people
We all know that there is only one man in our movement
With his own source of light
We all feed from his light, and that is peron

(che:)
And now she wants to be vice-president

(officers:)
That was the over-the-top, unacceptable suggestion
We didn't approve but we couldn't prevent
The games of the wife of the president
But to give her pretensions encouragement
She's out of her depth, and out of the question

(eva:)
Hello and goodbye, i just unemployed you
You can go back to school
You've had a good run, i'm sure he enjoyed you
Don't act sad or surprised, let's be friends, civilized

Come on little one, don't sit there like a dummy
The day you knew would arrive is here, you'll survive
So move, funny face

I like your conversation, you've a catchy turn of phrase
You're obviously going through some adolescent phase

(mistress:)
So what happens now?
So what happens now?
Where am i going to?
(peron:) you'll get by, you always have before
(mistress:) where am i going to?
(eva:) don't ask anymore

I want you to know one thing
You know how this is

If i look at the crystal moon
At the red branch of the slow autumn at my window
If i touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log
Everything carries me to you
As if everything that exists - aromas, light, metals
Were little boats that sail toward those isles of yours that wait for me

Well, now
If little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you
Little by little
If suddenly you forget me
Do not look for me
For i shall already have forgotten you

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life
And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where i have roots
Remember
That on that day, at that hour, i shall lift my arms
And my roots will set off to seek another land

But, if each day, each hour, you feel that you are destined for me
With implacable sweetness
If each day a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me
Ahh my love, ahh my own, in me all that fire is repeated
In me nothing is extinguished or forgotten
My love feeds on your love, beloved
And as long as you live, it will be in your arms without leaving mine

(che:)
Goodnight and thank you huevo
She is in every magazine
Been photographed, seen, she is known
We don't like to rush, but your case has been packed
If she's missed anything, you could give her a ring
But she won't always answer the phone

(eva:)
Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies
But we have pretended enough
It's best that we both stop fooling ourselves

(che:)
Which means ...

Chorus:

(che and eva:)
There is noone, noone at all
Never has been, and never will be a lover, male or female
Who hasn't an eye on, in fact they rely on
Tricks they can try on their partner
They're hoping their lover will help them or keep them
Support them, promote them
Don't blame them, you're the same

(che:)
Goodnight and thank you emilio
You've completed your task
What more can we ask of you now?
Please sign the book on the way out the door
And that will be all, if she needs you she'll call
But i don't think that's likely somehow

(eva:)
Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies
But when we were hot, we were hot
I know you'll look back on the good times we've shared
Which means ...

(chorus, substituting "blame her" for "blame them", sung only by che)

(eva:)
There is no soap, no soap like zaz
No detergent, lotion, or oil with such power in the shower
It's the mother and father of luxury lather
The talk of the bath, the great ointment
One little frolic with new zaz carbolic
You're scented, you'll be sent

(che:)
Goodnight and thank you senor jabon
We are grateful you found her a spot on the sound radio
We'll think of you every time she's on the air
We'd love you to stay but you'd be in the way
So do up your trousers and go

(eva:)
Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies
The decline into silence and doubt
Our passion was just too intense to survive

(che:)
Which means ...

(lovers:)
This is a club i should never have joined
Someone has made us look fools
Argentine men call the sexual shots
Someone has altered the rules

(eva:)
Fame on the wireless as far as it goes
Is all very well but every girl knows

(che:)
She needs a man she can monopolize
With fingers in dozens of different pies

(lovers:)
Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies

(peron:)
People of europe, i send you the rainbow of argentina

(che:)
Spain has fallen to the charms of evita
She can do what she likes, it doesn't matter much
(aide #1:)
She's our lady of the new world with a golden touch
(aide #2:)
She filled a bull-ring, forty-five thousand seater
(che:)
But if you're prettier than general franco, that's not hard

(aide #1:)
Franco's reign in spain should see out the forties
So you've just acquired an ally who
Looks as secure in his job as you
(aide #2:)
But more important current political thought is
Your wife's a phenomenal asset, your trump card

Chorus:

(peron and aides:)
Let's hear it for the rainbow tour
It's been an incredible success
We weren't quite sure, we had a few doubts

(peron:) will evita win through?
(aides:) but the answer is yes

(peron:)
There you are, i told you so
Makes no difference where she goes
The whole world over just the same
Just listen to them call her name
And who would underestimate the actress now?

(che:)
Now i don't like to spoil a wonderful story
But the news from rome isn't quite as good
She hasn't gone down like they thought she would
Italy's unconvinced by argentine glory
They equate peron with mussolini, can't think why

(eva:)
Did you hear that? they called me a whore!
They actually called me a whore!

(italian admiral:)
But signora peron it's an easy mistake
I'm still called an admiral
Yet i gave up the sea long ago

(aide #2:)
More bad news from rome; she met with the pope
She only got a rosary, a kindly word
(che:)
I wouldn't say the holy father gave her the bird
But papal decorations, never a hope
(aide #1:)
She still looked the part at st. peter's, caught the eye

(chorus)

(peron:) will evita win through?
(aides:) but the answer is ...
(che:) a qualified
(aides:) yes

(che:)
Eva started well, no question, in france
Shining like a sun through the post-war haze
A beautiful reminder of the care-free days
She nearly captured the french, she sure had the chance
But she suddenly seemed to lose interest
She looked tired

(che:)
Face the facts, the rainbow's starting to fade
I don't think she'll make it to england now

(aide #1:)
It wasn't on the schedule anyhow

(che:)
You'd better get out the flags and fix a parade
Some kind of coming home in triumph is required

(chorus)

(aide #2:) would evita win through?
(aide #1:) and the answer is
(aide #2:) yes
(che:) and no
(aides:) and yes
(che:) and no
(aides:) and yes
(che:) no

(chorus)

(aides:) would evita win through? but the answer is
(aide #2:) yes
(aide #1:) yes
(aide #2:) yes

(eva:)
The actress hasn't learned the lines you'd like to hear
She's sad for her country, sad to be defeated
By her own weak body

(crowds:)
[evita! evita!] (repeat in background)

I want to tell the people of argentina
I've decided i should decline
All the honors and titles you've pressed me to take
For i'm contented
Let me simply go on as the woman who brings her people
To the heart of peron

Don't cry for me argentina
The truth is i shall not leave you
Though it may get harder for you to see me
I'm argentina, and always will be

Have i said too much?
There's nothing more i can think of to say to you
But all you have to do is look at me to know
That every word is true

Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me
I've been an awful good girl
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, a 54 convertible too, light blue
>I'll wait up for you dear
>Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

>Think of all the fun i've missed
>Think of all the fellas that i haven't kissed
Next year i could be just as good
>If you'd check off my christmas list
>Boo doo bee doo

Santa honey, i wanna yacht and really that's
Not a lot
I've been an angel all year
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa cutie, there's one thing i really do need, the deed
To a platinum mine
Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, i'm filling my stocking with a duplex, and checks
Sign your 'x' on the line
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Come and trim my christmas tree
With some decorations bought at tiffany's
I really do believe in you
Let's see if you believe in me
Boo doo bee doo

Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring
I don't mean a phone
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight

(che:)
In june of forty-three there was a military coup
Behind it was a gang called the g.o.u.
Who did not feel the need to be elected

They had themselves a party at the point of a gun
They were slightly to the right of atilla the hun
A bomb or two and very few objected

Yeah, just one shell and governments fall like flies, kapow, die
They stumble and fall, bye bye
Backs to the wall, aim high
We're having a ball
The tank and bullet rule as democracy dies

The lady's got potential, she was setting her sights
On making it in movies with her name in lights
The greatest social climber since cinderella

Ok, she couldn't act but she had the right friends
And we all know a career depends
On knowing the right fella to be stellar

Yeah, just one shell and governments lose their nerve, kapow, die
They stumble and fall, bye bye
Backs to the wall, aim high
We're having a ball
That's how we get the government we deserve

Now the man behind the president calling the shots
Involved so discreetly in a lot of their plots
Was colonel juan peron, would be dictator

He began in the army out in italy so
Saw mussolini's rise from the very front row
I reckon he'd do likewise sooner or later

Yeah, just one blast and the tear gas falls like rain, kapow, die
They haven't a chance, bye bye
The terrorists advance
But one guy doesn't dirty his hands
Peron was biding time out in the slow lane

Yeah, suddenly an earthquake hit the town of san juan, kapow, die
They stumble and fall, bye bye
Keep away from the wall
But one guy was having a ball
The tragedy, a golden chance for peron

He organized a concert with incredible flair
In aid of all the victims, such a grand affair
Politicians, actors, stars of every flavor

It was january twenty-second, 1944
A night to remember, yeah, that's for sure
For that's the night that peron first met eva
For that's the night that peron first met eva

Who's that girl, who's that girl

When you see her, say a prayer and kiss your heart goodbye
She's trouble, in a word get closer to the fire
Run faster, her laughter burns you up inside
You're spinning round and round
You can't get up, you try but you can't

Chorus:

Quien es esa nina, who's that girl
Senorita, mas fina, who's that girl
Quien es esa nina, who's that girl
Senorita, mas fina, who's that girl

You try to avoid her, fate is in your hands
She's smiling, an invitation to the dance
Her heart is on the street, tu corazon es suyo
Now you're falling at her feet
You try to get away but you can't

(chorus)

Intermediate:

Light up my life, so blind i can't see
Light up my life, no one can help me now

Run faster, her laughter burns you up inside
He's spinning round and round
You can't get up, you try but you can't

(chorus)
(intermediate)

Who's that girl
Now, who's that girl
Now, who's that girl
Now, who's that girl

(chorus)

(from revelation 1:3)
Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy
And blessed are those who hear
And who keep what is written therein
For the time is near

(from revelation 1:7)
He is coming with the clouds
And every eye will see him
Everyone who pierced him
And all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him

(from revelation 2:1-4)
Those of you who have not learned what some call the deep things of satan
I know your works, i know your toil, and your patient endurance
And how you cannot hear evil men
But have tested those who call themselves apostles, but are not
And found them to be false
I know that you are enduring patiently and bearing out for my namesake
And you have not grown weary
But i have this against you
That you have abandoned the love you had

(from revelation 2:9-10)
I know your tribulation and your poverty
And the slander of those who say that they are jews, but they are not
They are a synagogue of satan
Do not fear what you are about to suffer
Behold the devil is about to throw you into prison

Wanting, needing, waiting for you to justify my love
Hoping, praying for you to justify my love

(from revelation 13:1-10)
And i saw a beast rising out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads
And a blasphemous name upon its head
And the beast that i saw was like a leopard
Its feet were like a bear's
And its mouth was like a lion's mouth
And to it the dragon gave his power, and his throne, and great authority
One of his heads had a mortal wound
But it seemed to have a mortal wound that was healed
And the whole earth followed the beast with wonder

Men worshipped the dragon for he had given his authority to the beast
And they worshipped the beast saying
"who is like the beast and who can fight against the beast?"
And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words
And it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months
It opened its mouth to utter blasphemous words against god

It was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer
And authority was given it over every tribe
And a people and tongue and nation
And all who dwell on earth could worship it in vain
If anyone has an ear let him hear
If anyone is to be taken captive, into captivity he will go
If anyone who slays with the sword, with the sword

Wanting, needing, waiting for you to justify my love
Hoping

(from revelation 21:1-8)
Then, i saw a new heaven and a new earth
And i heard a great voice from the throne saying:
"behold the dwelling of god is with men
He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people
And god himself will be with them
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes
And death shall be no more
Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore
For these things will have passed away

To the thirsty i will give water without price
From the fountain of the water of life
He who conquers shall have this heritage
And i will be his god and he shall be my son

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted
As for the murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolators, and all liars
Their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone."

(from revelation 22:10-13)
And he said to me, he said to me:
"do not seal up the words of the prophecy, for the time is near
Let the evildoers still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy
And the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy
Behold, i am coming soon
I am the alpha and the omega
The first and the last
The beginning and the end."

Amen

What are you gonna do?

(eva:)
Just listen to that, the voice of argentina
We are adored, we are loved

(officer:)
Statesmanship is more than entertaining peasants

(eva's sister:)
We shall see little man

(crowd:)
[evita peron, la santa peronista ... ]

(eva:)
I am only a simple woman
Who lives to serve peron in his noble crusade
To rescue his people
I was once as you are now, and i promise you this
We will take the riches from the obligarchs
Only for you, for all of you
And one day, you too will inherit these treasures
Descamisados, mis companeros
When they fire those cannons, when the crowds sing of glory
It is not just for peron, but for all of us, for all of us

(aristocrats:)
Things have reached a pretty pass
When someone pretty lower-class
Can be respected and admired

(aristocrat:)
But our privileged class is dead
Look who they are calling for now

Made your acquaintance late one night
You were floating around, you know you gave me quite a fright
You didn't seem like an ordinary man
More like a ray of light

You transcendentally imposed yourself upon my bed
You know you didn't say very much
I'm out of body and i feel so good in my head
You know i'm really quite touched

I wake up with your fragrance and it's all over me
What cologne do you wear?
I walk around with a smile on my face, 'cause you're close to me
Well i know you're somewhere

Chorus:

Gonna take my chance on a different kind of romance
A supernatural thing
Gonna have my fill, it gives me such a big thrill to be with
A supernatural thing

I stay uplifted for quite some time
(or: you say you've lived here for quite some time)
And i'd say that your skills as a lover are very refined
You know just what i want and i don't have to ask
Are you reading my mind?

You're not demanding for a man, that's really quite rare
You're not the least bit obsessed with your hair
You're not upset when i come home later than ten
For a ghost you're a very good friend

Bridge:

I've got to be a very careful, never know what the neighbors would say
They already think i'm crazy
I wouldn't like to wake up and find myself in the family way
A ghost baby?

(chorus, repeat)

I can't see you [so hot]
I know you're out there you little rascal
Stop that

(bridge)
(chorus, repeat)

Gonna take my pants off for a different kind of romance
That super-duper naturally big thing
It's outrageously large
[super-duper, supernatural, so hot, so hot, supernatural]
(fade)

(eva:) colonel peron
(peron:) eva duarte

(eva and peron:)
I've heard so much about you

(eva and peron:)
I'm amazed, for i'm only an actress [a soldier]
Nothing to shout about [one of the thousands]
Only a girl on the air [defending the country he loves]

(eva:)
But when you act, the things you do affect us all

(peron:)
But when you act, you take us away from the squalor of the real world
Are you here on your own?

(eva:)
Yes, oh yes

(peron:)
So am i, what a fortunate coincidence
Maybe you're my reward for my efforts here tonight

(eva:)
It seems crazy but you must believe
There's nothing calculated, nothing planned
Please forgive me if i seem naive
I would never want to force your hand
But please understand, i'd be good for you

I don't always rush in like this
Twenty seconds after saying hello
Telling strangers i'm too good to miss
If i'm wrong i hope you'll tell me so
But you really should know, i'd be good for you
I'd be surprisingly good for you

I won't go on if i'm boring you
But do you understand my point of view?
Do you like what you hear, what you see
And would you be, good for me too?

I'm not talking of a hurried night
A frantic tumble then a shy goodbye
Creeping home before it gets too light
That's not the reason that i caught your eye
Which has to imply, i'd be good for you
I'd be surprisingly good for you

(peron:)
Please go on, you enthrall me
I can understand you perfectly
And i like what i hear, what i see, and knowing me
I would be good for you too

(eva:)
I'm not talking of a hurried night
A frantic tumble then a shy goodbye
Creeping home before it gets too light
That's not the reason that i caught your eye
Which has to imply, i'd be good for you
I'd be surprisingly good for you

(eva:)
To think that a man as famous as you are
Could love a poor little nothing like me

Chorus:

(eva:)
I wanna be a part of b.a.
Buenos aires, big apple
(eva's family:)
She wants to be a part of b.a.
Buenos aires, big apple

(che:)
Just listen to that, they're on to you magaldi
I'd get out while you can

(eva:)
It's happened at last, i'm starting to get started
I'm moving out with my man

(magaldi:)
Now eva don't get carried away

(eva:)
Monotony past, suburbia departed
Who could ever be fond of the back of beyond?

(magaldi:)
Don't hear words that i didn't say

(eva's family:)
What's that? you'd desert the girl you love?

(magaldi:)
The girl i love?
What are you talking about?

(eva's family:)
She really brightened up your out-of-town engagement
She gave you all she had, she wasn't in your contract
You must be quite relieved that noone's told the papers, so far

(eva:)
I wanna be a part of b.a.
Buenos aires, big apple

Would i have done what i did
If i hadn't thought, if i hadn't known
We would stay together

(eva's brother:)
Seems to me there's no point in resisting
She's made up her mind, you've no choice
Why don't you be the man who discovered her
You'll never be remembered for your voice

(magaldi:)
The city can be paradise for those who have the cash
The class and the connections, what you need to make a splash
The likes of you get swept up in the morning with the trash
If you were rich or middle class ...

(eva:)
Screw the middle classes! i will never accept them!
My father's other family were middle class
And we were kept out of sight, hidden from view at his funeral.

(eva's brother:)
Do all your one night stands give you this trouble?

(magaldi:)
Eva beware of the city
It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, it is mad
Those who are fools are swallowed up whole
And those who are not become what they should not become
Changed, in short, they go bad.

(eva:)
Bad is good for me
I'm bored, so clean, and so ignored
I've only been predictable, respectable
Birds fly out of here, so why oh why oh why the hell can't i?
I only want variety, of society

(chorus)

(magaldi:)
Five years from now i shall come back
And finally say, "you have your way, come to town."
But you'll look at me with a foreigner's eyes
The magical city, a younger girl's city
A fantasy long since put down

(eva:)
All you've done to me, was that a young girl's fantasy?
I played your city games alright, didn't i?
I already know what cooks, how the dirty city feels and looks
I tasted it last night, didn't i?

I'm gonna be a part of b.a.
Buenos aires, big apple

(eva and family:)
She's gonna be a part of b.a.
Buenos aires, big apple

(magaldi:)
Eva beware your ambition
It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, will run wild
This in a man is danger enough, but you are a woman
Not even a woman, not very much more than a child
And whatever you say, i'll not steal you away

(an audience is watching a less than distinguished movie.
[in both the original london and new york productions of
Evita, a clip from one of eva peron's own movies was used].
The soundtrack dialogue is in spanish, the music melodramatic.)

(julieta:) carlos.

(carlos:) julieta, mi querida julieta.

(julieta:) carlos, no tendr

(peron:)
Dice are rolling, the knives are out
Would-be presidents are all around
I don't say they mean harm
But they'd each give an arm
To see us six feet underground

(eva:)
It doesn't matter what those morons say
Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew
There's only twenty of them anyway
What is twenty next to millions who
Are looking to you?

All you have to do is sit and wait
Keeping out of everybody's way
We'll ... you'll be handed power on a plate
When the ones who matter have their say
And with chaos installed
You can reluctantly agree to be called

(peron:)
There again we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead
For distance lends enchantment, and that is why
All exiles are distinguished, more important, they're not dead
I could find job satisfaction in paraguay

(eva:)
This is crazy defeatist talk
Why commit political suicide, there's no risk
There's no call for any action at all
When you have unions on your side

(workers:)
A new argentina, the chains of the masses untied
A new argentina, the voice of the people
Cannot be denied

(eva:)
There is only one man who can lead any workers' regime
He lives for your problems, he shares your ideals and your dream
He supports you, for he loves you
Understands you, is one of you
If not, how could he love me?

(workers:)
A new argentina, the workers' battle song
A new argentina, the voice of the people
Rings out loud and long

(eva:)
Now i am a worker, i've suffered the way that you do
I've been unemployed, and i've starved and i've hated it too
But i found my salvation in peron, may the nation
Let him save them as he saved me

(all:)
A new argentina, a new age about to begin
A new argentina, we face the world together
And no dissent within

(peron:)
There again we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead
I can see us many miles away, inactive
Sipping cocktails on a terrace, taking breakfast in bed
Sleeping easy, doing nothing, it's attractive

(eva:)
Don't think i don't think like you
I often get those nightmares too
They always take some swallowing
Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum
If it's you that you are following
Don't close doors, keep an escape clause
Because we might lose the big apple

But would i have done what i did
If i hadn't thought, if i hadn't known
We would take the country

(eva:)
Peron has resigned from the army and this we avow
The descamisados are those he is marching with now
He supports you, for he loves you
Understands you, is one of you
If not, how could he love me?

(all:)
A new argentina, the chains of the masses untied
A new argentina, the voice of the people
Cannot be, and must not be denied

(che:)
How annoying that they have to fight elections for their cause
The inconvenience, having to get a majority
If normal methods of persuasion fail to win them applause
There are other ways of establishing authority

(all:)
A new argentina, the chains of the masses untied
A new argentina, the voice of the people
Cannot be, and will not be, and must not be denied.