"It is my sad duty to inform you that Eva Perón, spiritual leader of the nation, entered immortality at 8:25 this evening." " You are not welcome here." " He was the father of my children too." "They have a right to see him, to pay their last respects." "You are not his wife." "Your children are bastards." "No, no!" "He's my papa!" "Oh what a circus" "Oh what a show" "Argentina has gone to town" "Over the death of an actress" "Called Eva Perón" "We've all gone crazy" "Mourning all day and mourning all night" "Falling over ourselves to get all" "Of the misery right" "Oh what an exit" "That's how to go" "When they're ringing your curtain down" "Demand to be buried" "Like Eva Perón" "It's quite a sunset" "And good for the country ln a roundabout way" "We've made the front page of all" "The world's papers today" "But who is this Santa Evita?" "Why all this howling, hysterical sorrow?" "What kind of goddess has lived among us?" "How will we ever get by without her?" "She had her moments She had some style" "The best show in town was the crowd" "Outside the Casa Rosada" "Crying, "Eva Perón"" "But that's all gone now" "As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears" "We're all gonna see, and how" "She did nothing for years" "You let down your people, Evita" "You were supposed to have been immortal" "That's all they wanted" "Not much to ask for" "But in the end you" "Could not deliver" "Sing, you fools, but you got it wrong" "Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long" "Your queen is dead Your king is through" "She's not coming back to you" "Show business kept us all alive" "Since 1 7 October 1 945" "But the star has gone The glamour's worn thin" "That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in" "Instead of government, we had a stage" "Instead of ideas, a prima donna's rage" "Instead of help, we were given a crowd" "She didn't say much, but she said it loud" "Don't cry for me, Argentina" "For I am ordinary" "Unimportant" "And undeserving" "Of such attention" "Unless we all are" "I think we all are" "So share my glory" "So share my coffin" "It's our funeral too" "Senor Magaldi?" "It's seven o' clock." "You'll be late." "Now, Eva Perón" "Had every disadvantage" "You need if you're going to succeed" "No money, no cash" "No father, no bright lights" "There was nowhere she'd been" "At the age of 1 5" "As this tango singer found out" "Agustin Magaldi" "Who has the distinction of being the first" "Man to be of use" "To Eva Duarte" "On this night of 1 000 stars" "Let me take you to heaven's door" "Where the music of love's guitars" "Plays forever more" "In the glow of those twinkling lights" "We shall love through eternity" "On this night in a million nights" "Fly away with me" "I never dreamed that a kiss could be as sweet as this" "Now I know that it can" "I used to wander alone without a love of my own" "I was a desperate man" "But all my grief disappeared" "And all the sorrow I'd feared wasn't there any more" "On that magical day When you first came my way, miamor" "To think that a man as famous as you are" "Could love a poor little nothing like me" "I want to be a part of B.A. Buenos Aires, Big Apple" "Just listen to that" "They're onto you, Magaldi" "I'd get out while you can" "It's happened at last" "I'm starting to get started" "I'm moving out with my man" "Now, Eva, don't get carried away" "Monotony passed, suburbia departed" "Who could ever be fond of the back of beyond" "Don't hear words that I didn't say" "What's that?" "You desert the girl you love?" "The girl I love?" "What are you talking about?" "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 no one's told the papers" "So far" "I want to 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?" "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" "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..." "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" "Do all your one night stands" "Give you this trouble?" "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" "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" "I want to be a part of B.A. Buenos Aires, Big Apple" "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" "All you've done to me Was that a young girl's fantasy?" "I played your city games all right, didn't I?" "I already know what cooks" "How the dirty city feels and looks" "I tasted it last night, didn't I?" "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" "What's new, Buenos Aires?" "I'm new I want to say I'm just a little stuck on you" "You'll be on me too" "I get out here, Buenos Aires" "Stand back" "You oughta know What you're gonna get in me" "Just a little touch of star quality" "Fill me up with your heat With your noise, with your dirt, overdo me" "Let me dance to your beat Make it loud, let it hurt, run it through me" "Don't hold back You are certain to impress" "Tell the driver this is where I'm staying" "Get this!" "Just look at me Dressed up somewhere to go" "We'll put on a show" "Take me in at your flood, give me speed Give me lights, set me humming" "Shoot me up with your blood Wine me up with your nights" "Watch me coming" "All I want is a whole lot of excess" "Tell the singer this is where I'm playing" "Stand back, Buenos Aires" "Because you oughta know What you're gonna get in me" "Just a little touch of star quality" "And" "If ever I go to far" "It's because of the things you are" "Beautiful town" "I love you" "And" "If I need a moment's rest" "Give your lover the very best" "Real eiderdown" "And silence" "You're a tramp, you're a treat You will shine to the death" "You are shoddy" "But you're flesh, you are meat You shall have every breath in my body" "Put me down for a lifetime of success" "Give me credit, I'll find ways of paying" "Rio de la Plata" "Florida, Corrientes, Nueve de Julio" "All I want to know" "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?" "So what happens now?" "Another suitcase in another hall" "Take your picture off another wall" " Where am I going to?" " You'll get by, you always have before" "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" "So what happens now?" "Another suitcase in another hall" "Take your picture off another wall" "You'll get by you always have before" "Where am I going to?" "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" "Where am I going to?" "Don't ask any more" "Good night and thank you, whoever" "She's 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" "Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies" "But we have pretended enough" "It's best that we both stop fooling ourselves" "Which means...!" "There is no one, no one 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" "Good night 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 lf she needs you, she'll call" "But I don't think that's likely somehow" "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 shared" "Which means...!" "There is no one, no one at all" "Never has been and never will be a lover" "Male or female" "Who hasn't an eye on ln 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 her You're the same" "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" "Good night and thank you, Senor Jabón" "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" "Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies" "The decline into silence and doubt" "Our passion was just too intense to survive" "Which means...!" "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" "Fame on the wireless as far as it goes" "Is all very well, but every girl knows" "She needs a man she can monopolise" "With fingers in dozens of different pies" "In June of '43" "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 Attila the Hun" "A bomb or two And very few objected" "Just one shell" "And governments fall like flies" "Ka-pow, die They stumble and fall" "Bye-bye Backs to the wall" "Aim high We're having a ball" "The tank and bullet ruled As democracy died" "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" "Just one shell And governments lose their nerve" "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 Perón" "Would-be dictator" "He began in the army out in Italy so" "Saw Mussolini's rise from the very front row" "And reckoned he'd do likewise" "Sooner or later" "Just one blast And the tear gas falls like rain" "They haven't a chance" "The terrorists advance" "But one guy doesn't dirty his hands" "Perón was biding time out" "In the slow lane" "Suddenly an earthquake hit" "The town of San Juan" "They stumble and fall" "Keep away from the wall" "But one guy" "Was having a ball" "The tragedy a golden chance for Perón" "He organised a concert With incredible flair" "In aid of all the victims Such a grand affair" "Politicians, actors Stars of every flavour" "It was January 22, 1 944" "A night to remember, that's for sure" "For that's the night That Perón first met Eva" "On this night" "On this night" "On this night of 1 000 stars" "Let me take you to heaven's door" "Where the music of love's guitars" "Plays for evermore" "Your act hasn't changed much" "Neither has yours" "I stand here as a servant of the people" "As we come together for a marvellous cause" "You've shown by your presence" "Your deeds and applause" "What the people can do" "True power is yours Not the government's" "Unless it represents" "The people" "One always picks" "The easy fight" "One praises fools" "One smothers light" "One shifts" "From left to right" "Politics" "The art of the possible" "I've heard so much about you" "I'm amazed" " For I'm only an actress" " For I'm only a soldier" " Nothing to shout about" " One of the thousands" " Only a girl on the air" " Defending the country he loves" "But when you act" "The things you do affect us all" "But when you act" "You take us away from the squalor of the real world" " Are you here on your own?" " Yes." "Oh yes" "So am I" "What a fortunate coincidence" "Maybe you're my reward" "For my efforts here tonight" "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 20 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" "Please go on." "You enthral 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" "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" "There is no one, no one at all" "Never has been, and never will be a lover" "Male or female" "Who hasn't an eye on ln 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" "Hello and goodbye" "I've 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, civilised" "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" "So what happens now?" "Where am I going to?" "You'll get by, you always have before" "Don't ask any more" "At the watering-holes" "Of the well-to-do" "I detect a resistance to" "Precisely" "Our heroine's style" "We're glad you noticed" "The shooting sticks" "Of the upper class" "Give her an inch..." "Aren't supporting a single ass" "That would rise for the girl ...She'll take a mile" "Such a shame she wandered" "Into our enclosure" "How unfortunate this person" "Has forced us to be blunt" "No, we wouldn't mind" "Seeing her at Harrods" "But behind the jewellery counter" "Not in front" "Could there be" "In our fighting corps" "A lack of enthusiasm for" "Perón's latest flame?" "You said it, brother" "Should you wish" "To cause great distress" "In the tidiest officer's mess" "Just mention her name" "That isn't funny" "Perón is a fool, breaking every taboo" "Installing the girl in the army H.Q." "And she's an actress, the last straw" "Her only good parts Are between her thighs" "She should stare at the ceiling Not reach for the skies" "Or she could be his last whore" "The evidence suggests" "She has other interests" "If it's her that's using him" "He's exceptionally dim" "Dangerous Jade" "We have allowed ourselves to slip" "We have completely lost our grip" "We have declined to an all-time low" "Tarts have become the set to know" "I'm only a radio star with just one weekly show" "But speaking as one of the people" "I want you to know" "We are tired of" "The decline of Argentina" "With no sign of" "A government able to give us the things we deserve" "It's no crime for officers to do as they please" "As long as they're discreet and keep clear of disease" "We ignore, we disregard" "But once they allow a bit on the side" "To move to the centre where she's not qualified" "We are forced to mark his card" "She should get into her head" "She should not get out of bed" "She should know that she's not paid" "To be loud, but to be laid" "Slut" "Dangerous Jade" "This has really been your year Miss Duarte" "Tell us where you go from here Miss Duarte" "Which are the roles that you yearn to play?" "Whom did you sleep...dine with yesterday?" "Acting is limiting The lines not mine" "That's no help to the Argentine" "Can we assume then that you'll quit?" "Is this because of your involvement" "With Colonel Perón?" "She won't be kept happy by her nights on the tiles" "She says it's his body" "But she's after his files" "So get back onto the street" "She should get into her head" "She should not get out of bed" "She should know that she's not paid" "To be loud, but to be laid" "The evidence suggests" "She has other interests" "If it's her that's using him" "He's exceptionally dim" "Things have reached a pretty pass" "When someone pretty lower class" "Graceless and vulgar, uninspired" "Can be accepted and admired" "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" "It doesn't matter" "What those morons say" "Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew" "There's only 20 of them anyway" "What is 20 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" "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" "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" "A new Argentina" "The chains of the masses untied" "The voice of the people" "Cannot be denied" "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?" "A new Argentina" "The workers' battle song" "The voice of the people" "Rings out loud and long" "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 Perón" "May the nation let him save them" "As he saved me" "A new age about to begin" "We face the world together" "And no dissent within" "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" "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?" "Perón 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?" "Release him."