16.
DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
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 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
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance
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 promised to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me
Don't cry for me Argentina......
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance
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
(The CROWD is ecstatically enthusiastic; EVA goes inside
from the balcony)
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! (Repeated)
(EVA goes back onto the balcony)
