: (Che:) High flying, adored So young, the instant queen A rich beautiful thing, of all the talents A cross between a fantasy of the bedroom and a saint
heart beats in the humble bodies Of Juan Peron and his wife The first lady of Argentina, Eva Duarte de Peron (Crowd chanting:) [Evita Evita ... ]
: (Eva:) It won't be easy, you'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel That I still need your love after all that I've done You won't believe
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
: (Aristocrats:) Thus all fairy stories end Only an actress would pretend Affairs of state are her latest play Eight shows a week, two matinees My how
: (Crowd:) [Evita Peron, Partido Feminista] (repeat in background) (Eva:) Peron is everything, he is the soul, the nerve The hope and the reality of
: (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
: (Che:) And the money kept rolling in from every side Eva's pretty hands reached out and they reached wide Now you may feel it should have been a voluntary
: (Peron:) Your little body's slowly breaking down You're losing speed, you're losing strength, not style That goes on flourishing forever But your eyes
blind eye, Evita] Tell Heaven I'm doing my best [(Che:) Turn a blind eye] I'm praying for you, even though you're already blessed (Workers:) Santa Santa Evita
:) 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
: (Choir:) Respice, quaesumus, Domine Famulam tuam Evita In infirmitate Et animam refove, quam creasti Ut castigationibus emendata Se tua sentiat medicina
: (Che:) Tell me before I waltz out of your life Before turning my back on the past Forgive my impertinent behavior But how long do you think this pantomime
: (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,
: Where do we go from here? This isn't where we intended to be We had it all, you believed in me I believed in you Certainties disappear What do we
: (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
Argentina We are adored, we are loved (Officer:) Statesmanship is more than entertaining peasants (Eva's sister:) We shall see little man (Crowd:) [Evita
(Che:) And the money kept rolling in from every side Eva's pretty hands reached out and they reached wide Now you may feel it should have been a voluntary
