Evita Page #5

It's been an incredible success.

We weren't quite sure,

we had a few doubts.

- Will Evita win through?

- But the answer is yes!

There you are, I told you so

Makes no difference where she goes

The whole world over, just the same

Just listen to them call her name

And who would underestimate

The actress now?

Now, I don't like to spoil a wonderful story

But the news from Rome

Isn't quite as good

She hasn't gone down

Like they thought she would

Italy's unconvinced

By Argentine glory

They equate Pern with Mussolini

Can't think why

Did you hear that?

They called me a whore

They actually called me a whore!

But Senora Pern,

It's an easy mistake.

I'm still called an admiral

Yet I gave up the sea long ago.

More bad news from Rome

She met with the Pope

She only got a rosary

A kindly word

I wouldn't say the Holy Father

Gave her the bird

But Papal decorations

Never a hope

She still looked the part at St. Peter's

Caught the eye

Let's hear it for the Rainbow tour

It's been an incredible success.

We weren't quite sure,

we had a few doubts.

- Will Evita win through?

- But the answer is...

...a qualified yes!

Eva started well, no question, in France.

Shining like a sun

Through the post-war haze

A beautiful reminder of the carefree days

She nearly captured the French

She sure had the chance

But she suddenly seemed to lose interest

She looked tired

Face the facts

The Rainbow started to fade

I don't think

she'll make it to England now

It wasn't on the schedule anyhow

You'd better get out the flags

And fix a parade

Some kind of

coming home in triumph is required.

Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour

It's been an incredible success.

We weren't quite sure,

we had a few doubts.

Would Evita win through?

- And the answer is...

- Yes.

- And no.

- And yes.

- And no.

- And yes.

No.

Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour

It's been an incredible success.

We weren't quite sure,

we had a few doubts.

Would Evita win through?

And the answer is...

- Yes.

- Yes.

Yes.

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 the world begins to turn

When will the chorus girl ever learn?

My, how the world begins to turn

When will the chorus girl ever learn?

The chorus girl

Hasn't learned the lines

you'd like to hear

She won't go scrambling

Over the backs of the poor

To be accepted

By making donations

Just large enough

To the correct charity

She won't be president

Of your wonderful societies of philanthropy

Even if you asked her to be

As you should have asked her to be

The actress hasn't learned the lines

You'd like to hear

She won't join your clubs

She won't dance in your halls

She won't help the hungry once a month

At your tombolas

She'll simply take control

As you disappear

Forgive my intrusion

But fine as those sentiments sound

Little has changed for us peasants

Down here on the ground

I hate to sound childish, ungrateful

I don't like to moan

But do you now represent

Anyone's cause but your own?

Everything done

Will be justified by my foundation

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 cause

But that's not the point, my friends

When the money keeps rolling in

You don't ask how

Think of all the people

Guaranteed a good time now

Eva has called the hungry to her

Opened up the doors

Never been a fund

Like the Foundation Eva Pern

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling on in!

Rolling on in!

Rolling on in! Rolling on in!

On in!

Would you like to try a college education?

Own your landlord's house

Take the family on vacation?

Eva and her blessed fund

Can make your dreams come true

Here's all you have to do, my friends

Write your name and your dream

On a card or a pad or a ticket

Throw it high in the air

And should our lady pick it

She will change your way of life

For a week or even two

Name me anyone

who cares as much as Eva Pern

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling on out!

Rolling on out!

Rolling on out, rolling on out!

On out!

The money kept rolling out

in all directions

To the poor, to the weak

To the destitute of all complexions

Now, cynics claim

A little of the cash has gone astray

But that's not the point, my friends

When the money keeps rolling out

You don't keep books

You can tell you've done well

By the happy, grateful looks

Accountants only slow things down

Figures get in the way

Never been a lady

Loved as much as Eva Pern!

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling in and out!

Rolling in and out!

Rolling in and out, rolling in and out!

On out!

Eva!

When the money keeps rolling out,

You don't keep books.

You can tell you've done well

By the happy, grateful looks.

Accountants only slow things down,

Figures get in the way

Never been a lady

Loved as much as Eva Pern!

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolling in and out!

Rolling in and out!

Rolling in and out!

Rolling in and out!

Rolling in and out!

On out!

Pern is everything!

He's the soul,

the nerve,

the hope and the reality

of the Argentine people.

We all know

that there is only one man in our

movement with his own source of light,

we all feed from his light,

and that is Pern!

And now she wants to be

Vice-president!

That was the over-the-top

Unacceptable suggestion.

We didn't approve,

But we couldn't prevent

The games of the wife of the President.

But to give her intentions

Encouragement

She's out of her depth

And out of the question

But on the other hand

She's all they have

She's a diamond in their

Dull, grey lives

And that's the hardest kind of stone

It usually survives

And when you think about it...

Can you recall

The last time they loved

Anyone at all?

She's not a bauble

You can brush aside

She's been out doing

What we just talked about

Example:
gave us back our businesses

Got the English out

And when you think about it...

Well, why not do

One or two of the things

We promised to?

But on the other hand

She's slowing down

She's lost a little of that magic drive

But I would not advise those critics present

To derive

Any satisfaction from her fading star

She's the one who's kept us

Where we are.

She's the one who's kept you

Where you are.

Turn a blind eye, Evita!

Turn a blind eye!

Please, gentle Eva

Will you bless a little child?

For I love you

Tell Heaven I'm doing my best

I'm praying for you

Even though you're already blessed

Please, mother Eva

Will you look upon me as your own?

Make me special

Be my angel, be my everything

Wonderful, perfect and true

And I'll try to be

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