Waltz For Eva And Che Lyrics

Waltz For Eva And Che lyrics

(Che:)



Tell me before I waltz out of your life



Before turning my back on the past



Forgive my impertinent behavior



But how long do you think this pantomime can last?



Tell me before I ride off in the sunset



There's one thing I never got clear



How can you claim you're our savior



When those who oppose you are stepped on,



Or cut up, or simply disappear?







(Eva:)



Tell me before you get onto your bus



Before joining the forgotten brigade



How can one person like me, say,



Alter the time-honored way the game is played?



Tell me before you get onto your high horse



Just what you expect me to do



I don't care what the bourgeoisie say



I'm not in business for them



But to give all my descamisados



A magical moment or two







(Che and Eva:)



There is evil, ever around



Fundamental system of government



Quite incidental







(Eva:)



So what are my chances of honest advances?



I'd say low



Better to win by admitting my sin



Than to lose with a halo







(Che:)



Tell me before I seek worthier pastures



And thereby restore self-esteem



How can you be so short-sighted



To look never further than this week or next week



To have no impossible dream?







(Eva:)



Allow me to help you slink off to the sidelines



And mark your adieu with three cheers



But first tell me who'd be delighted



If I said I'd take on the world's greatest problems



From war to pollution, no hope of solution



Even if I lived for one hundred years







(Che and Eva:)



There is evil, ever around



Fundamental system of government



Quite incidental







(Eva:)



So go, if you're able, to somewhere unstable



And stay there



Whip up your hate in some tottering state



But not here, dear



Is that clear, dear?







Oh what I'd give for a hundred years



But the physical interferes



Every day more, O my Creator



What is the good of the strongest heart



In a body that's falling apart?



A serious flaw, I hope You know that