Musicals - Evita - Dice Are Rolling Lyrics
PERONDice are rolling, the knives are outI see every bad sign in the bookAnd as far as they can--overweight to a man!They have that lean and hungry lookEVABut we still have the magic we've always had!The descamisados still worship me--we arrived thanks to them and no-one else;No thanks to your generals--a clutch of stuffed cuckoos!PERONIt's not a question of a big parade, proving we're big with the mobs on the street--EVAYou're wrong--the people, my people--PERONThe people belong to no-one!They are fickle, can be manipulated, they don't matter!However much they love you now it matters more thatAs far as my stuffed cuckoos are concerned, you don't politically exist!EVASo I don't exist! So I count for nothing!Try saying that on the street when all over the world I am Argentina!Most of your generals wouldn't be recognized by their own mothers!But they'll admit I exist when I become vice-president!PERONThat won't work... we've been through all of this before,They'd fight you tooth and nail--you'd never overcomeThem with a hundred rallies and even if you did--EVAYes?PERONYour little body's slowly breaking downYou're losing speed, you're losing strength--not style-- that goes onFlourishing forever, but your eyes, your smileDo not have the sparkle of their fantastic pastIf you climb one more mountain it could be your lastEVAI'm not that ill--bad moments come but they goSome days are fine, some a little bit harderBut that doesn't meanI should change my routineHave you ever seenMe defeated?Don't you forget what I've been through and yetI'm still standingAnd if I am ill--that could even be to your advantage!PERONAdvantage? I'm trying to point out that you are dying!This talk of death is chilling--of course you're not going to die!EVAThen I must now be vice-president!And I shall have my people come to chooseTwo Perons to wear their country's crownsIn thousands in my squares and avenuesEmptying their villages and townsWhere every soul in home or shack or stallKnows me as Argentina--that is allOh I shall be a great vice-president!PERONSo what happens now?So what happens now?EVAWhere am I going to?PERONDon't ask anymore
