Madonna

Madonna - Evita - part 2 lyrics

CHE (To EVA'S FIRST LOVER)

Goodnight 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

EVA

Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies

But we have pretended enough

It's best that we stop fooling ourselves

CHE

Which means.........

CHE and EVA

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

CHE

Goodnight and thank you Emilio

You've completed your task, what more can we ask Of you now?

Please sign the book on your way out the door

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

CHE

Which means...............

CHE and EVA

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 her

You're the same

EVA

There is no soap, no soap like Zazz

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 Zazz carbolic

Your scented

You'll be sent.

CHE

Goodnight and thank you Señor 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

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...................

(By now a fairly long line of EVA's rejected LOVERS has formed)

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

9. The Lady's Got Potential

CHE

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 dies

The lady's got potential

She was setting her sights

Of making it in movies

With her name in lights

The greatest social climber

Since Cinderella

Okay 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

Ka-pow, 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

Just one blast and the tear gas falls like rain

Ka-pow, 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.

Suddenly a earthquake hit the town of San Juan

Ka-pow, 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

He named off all the victims such a grand affair Politicians, actors, stars of every flavor

It was January 22, 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.

10. CHARITY CONCERT/THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

(Backstage at the charity concert. EVA by now a successful actress, and PERON, by now one of the most powerful men in the military government, are both present. EVA's old friend MAGALDI is finishing his act on stage.

MAGALDI

On this night... On this night... On this night of a thousand stars Let me take you to heaven's door Where the music of love's guitars Plays for evermore!

(MAGALDI comes off stage and runs into EVA)

EVA

Magaldi?

MAGALDI

Eva Duarte?

EVA

You're act hasn't changed much.

MAGALDI

Neither has yours.

AUDIENCE:

Peron, Peron, Peron.

(MAGALDI leaves. The crowd begins to call for PERON. PERON pushes his way onto the stage.)

PERON

I stand here as a servant of the people.

As we come together for a marvelous cause

You've shown by your presence, your deeds, and applause

What the people can do true power is your's

not the government unless it represents the people

CHE

One always picks the easy fight

One praises fools

One smothers light

One shifts from left to right

Politics the art of the possible

11. I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You

(PERON leaves the stage and finds himself face to face with EVA)

EVA

Colonel Peron?

PERON

Eva Duarte?

EVA and PERON I've heard so much about you!

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 and PERON arrive at PERON's apartment. PERON's 16 year-old MISTRESS is in bed.)

12. HELLO AND GOODBYE

EVA

Hello and goodbye!

I've just unemployed you

You can go back to school--you 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

Your obviously going through some adolescent phase

MISTRESS

So what happens now?

So what happens now?

Where am I going to?

CHE

You'll get by you always have before

MISTRESS

Where am I going to?

EVA

Don't ask anymore

13. PERON'S LATEST FLAME

CHE

At the watering-holes of the well-to-do

I detect a resistance to...

ARISTOCRATS

Precisely!

CHE

...our heroine's style

ARISTOCRATS We're glad you noticed

CHE

The shooting sticks of the upper class

ARISTOCRATS

Give her an inch...

CHE

Aren't supporting a single ass

That would rise for the girl

ARISTOCRATS

...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 Harrod's

But behind the jewelry counter--not in front

CHE

Could there be in our fighting corps A lack of enthusiasm for...

ARMY

Exactly!

CHE

...Peron's latest flame?

ARMY

You said it brother

CHE

Should you wish to cause great distress

In the tidiest officer's mess

Just mention her name

ARMY

That isn't funny!

Peron 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 who's using him

He's exceptionally dim

Bitch!

Dangerous Jade!

ARISTOCRATS

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

EVA

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

ARMY

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 center where she's not qualified

We are forced be on our guard

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!

(EVA, the glamorous movie star, enters, flanked by HEAVIES.)

CHE (dressed as a reporter)

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?

EVA

Acting is limiting the lines not mine

That's no help to the Argentine

CHE

Can we assume then that you'll quit?

Is this because of your involvement with Colonel Peron?

HEAVIES

Goodnight and thank you (They drag CHE away)

ARMY

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 who's using him

He's exceptionally dim

ARISTOCRATS

Things have reached a pretty pass

When someone pretty lower class

Graceless and vulgar, uninspired

Can be accepted and admired

14. A NEW ARGENTINA

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 under ground

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

MOB

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 dreams

He supports you for he loves you, understands you,

is one of you If not--how could he love me?

MOB

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

MOB AND EVA

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 were 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!

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