Evita Soundtrack Eva And Magaldi - Eva Beware Of The City Lyrics

Eva And Magaldi - Eva Beware Of The City Lyrics

(MAGALDI joins EVA and her family--mother, 3 sisters,

 brother--at their table. CHE is loitering nearby at the

 bar.)

 

 EVA

 To think that a man, as famous as you are, could love a

 Poor little nothing like me!

 I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 

 

 EVA and FAMILY

 She wants to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 

 CHE

 Just listen to that! They're onto you Magaldi! I'd get out

 While you can

 

 

 EVA

 It's happened at last--I'm starting to get started--I'm

 Moving out with my man

 

 

 MAGALDI

 Now Eva don't get carried away-

 

 

 EVA

 Monotony past--suburbia departed--who could ever be

 Fond of the back of beyond?

 

 MAGALDI

 Don't hear words that I didn't say

 

 EVA's FAMILY

 What's that? You'd desert the girl you love?

 

 MAGALDI

 The girl I love? What are you talking about?

 

 EVA's FAMILY

 She really brightened up your out of town engagement,

 She gave you all she had--she wasn't in your contract

 --you must be quite relieved that no-one's told the papers

 --so far-

 

 EVA

 I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 Would I have done what I did if I hadn't thought, if I

 Hadn't known, we would stay together?

 

 CHE

 Seems to me there's no point in resisting, she's made up

 her mind, you've no choice. Why don't you be the man

 who discovered her? You'll never be remembered for

 your voice.

 

 MAGALDI

 The city can be paradise for those who have the cash, the

 class and the connections--what you need to make a

 splash. The likes of you get swept up in the morning

 with the trash--if you were rich or middle class-

 

 EVA

 Screw the middle classes! I will never accept them! My father's

 Other family were middle class and we were kept out of

 Sight, hidden from view, at his funeral!

 

 CHE

 Do all your one night stands give you this trouble?

 

 

 MAGALDI

 Eva, beware of the city

 It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, it is mad

 Those who are fools are swallowed up whole

 And those who are not become

 What they should not become

 Changed--in short they go bad

 

 EVA

 Bad is good for me--I'm bored, so clean and so ignored

 I've only been predictable--respectable!

 Birds fly out of here so why oh why oh why the hell

         can't I

 I only want variety--of society!

 I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 

 EVA and FAMILY

 She wants to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 

 MAGALDI

 Five years from now I shall come back

 And finally say, you have your way--come to town

 But you'll look at me with a foreigner's eyes

 The magical city a

 Younger girl's city, a

 Fantasy long since put down

 

 EVA

 All you've done to me--was that a young girl's fantasy?

 I played your city games alright--didn't I?

 I already know what cooks, how the dirty city feels

         and looks

 I tasted it last night, didn't I?

 I'm going to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 

 EVA and FAMILY

 She's going to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!

 

 MAGALDI

 Eva beware your ambition

 It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, will run wild

 This in a man is danger enough

 But you are a woman, not

 Even a woman, not

 Very much more than a child and whatever you say

 I'll not steal you away!