The Lady’s got potential (Movie version)
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1. In June of forty-three there was a military coup,
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behind
it was a gang called the G.O.U.
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who
did not feel the need to be elected.
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They had themselves a party at
the point of a gun,
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they
were slightly to the right of Atilla the Hun,
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a
bomb or two and very few objected.
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Yeah, just one shell and governments fall like flies, kapow, die !
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They stumble and fall, bye, bye, backs to the wall, aim high,
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we're having a ball, the tank and
bullet rule as democracy dies.
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2. The lady's got potential, she was setting her sights
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on
making it in movies with her name in lights,
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the
greatest social climber since Cinderella.
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OK, she couldn't act, but she
had the right friends,
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and
we all know a career depends
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on
knowing the right fella to be stellar
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Yeah, just one shell and governments lose their nerve, kapow, die !
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They stumble and fall, bye, bye, backs to the wall, aim high,
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they're having a ball, that's how we
get the government we deserve.
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2. Now, the man behind the President calling the shots,
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involved
so discreetly in a lot of their plots
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was Colonel
Juan Perón, would-be dictator.
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He began in the army out in
Italy, so
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saw
Mussolini's rise from the very front row,
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I reckon he'd do likewise
sooner or later.
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Yeah, just one blast and the tear gas falls like rain, kapow, die,
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they haven't a chance, bye, bye,
the terrorists advance, but one guy
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doesn't dirty his hands, Perón was biding time out in the slow lane !
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Yeah, suddenly an earthquake hit the town of San Juan, kapow, die,
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they stumble and fall, bye, bye,
keep away from the wall, but one guy
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was having a ball, the tragedy a
golden chance for Perón
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3. He organized a concert with incredible flair
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in
aid of all the victims, such a grand affair,
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politicans, actors, stars of every flavour.
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It was January, twenty-second,
1944,
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a
night to remember, yeah, that's for sure,
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for
that's the night that Perón first met Eva.
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For that's the night that Perón first met Eva.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Andrew
Lloyd Webber)