Oh, what a circus
1 . CHE : O what a circus! O what a show! Argentina has gone to town
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over
the death of an actress called Eva Peron.
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We`ve
all gone crazy, mourning all day and mourning all night,
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falling over ourselves, to get all of the misery right.
2. O what
an exit! That`s how to go, when they`re ringing your curtain down,
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demand
to be buried like Eva Peron.
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it`s
quite a sunset, and good for the country in a roundabout way,
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we`ve
made the front page of all - the world`s papers today.
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But
who is this Santa Evita? Why all this howling hysterical sorrow?
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What
kind of goddess has lived among us?
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How
will we ever get by without her?
3.
She had her moments - she had some style,
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the
best show in town was the crowd
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outside the Casa Rosada crying, “Eva Peron“!
But that`s all gone now, as soon as the
smoke from the funeral clears,
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we are
going to see - and how! She did
nothing for years.
EVA`S VOICE :
Don`t cry for me, Argentina, for I am ordinary, unimportant,
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and
undeserving of your attention, unless we all are - I think we all are.
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Ride
on my train, o my people,
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and
when it`s your turn to die you`ll remember,
they
fired those cannons, sang lamentations,
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not
just for Eva - for Argentina, not just for Eva - for Argentina.