A New Argentina Lyrics

A New Argentina lyrics

(Peron:)

 Dice are rolling, the knives are out

 Would-be presidents are all around

 I don't say they mean harm

 But they'd each give an arm

 To see us six feet underground

 

 (Eva:)

 It doesn't matter what those morons say

 Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew

 There's only twenty of them anyway

 What is twenty next to millions who

 Are looking to you?

 

 All you have to do is sit and wait

 Keeping out of everybody's way

 We'll ... you'll be handed power on a plate

 When the ones who matter have their say

 And with chaos installed

 You can reluctantly agree to be called

 

 (Peron:)

 There again we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead

 For distance lends enchantment, and that is why

 All exiles are distinguished, more important, they're not dead

 I could find job satisfaction in Paraguay

 

 (Eva:)

 This is crazy defeatist talk

 Why commit political suicide, there's no risk

 There's no call for any action at all

 When you have unions on your side

 

 (Workers:)

 A new Argentina, the chains of the masses untied

 A new Argentina, the voice of the people

 Cannot be denied

 

 (Eva:)

 There is only one man who can lead any workers' regime

 He lives for your problems, he shares your ideals and your dream

 He supports you, for he loves you

 Understands you, is one of you

 If not, how could he love me?

 

 (Workers:)

 A new Argentina, the workers' battle song

 A new Argentina, the voice of the people

 Rings out loud and long

 

 (Eva:)

 Now I am a worker, I've suffered the way that you do

 I've been unemployed, and I've starved and I've hated it too

 But I found my salvation in Peron, may the nation

 Let him save them as he saved me

 

 (All:)

 A new Argentina, a new age about to begin

 A new Argentina, we face the world together

 And no dissent within

 

 (Peron:)

 There again we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead

 I can see us many miles away, inactive

 Sipping cocktails on a terrace, taking breakfast in bed

 Sleeping easy, doing nothing, it's attractive

 

 (Eva:)

 Don't think I don't think like you

 I often get those nightmares too

 They always take some swallowing

 Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum

 If it's you that you are following

 Don't close doors, keep an escape clause

 Because we might lose the Big Apple

 

 But would I have done what I did

 If I hadn't thought, if I hadn't known

 We would take the country

 

 (Eva:)

 Peron has resigned from the army and this we avow

 The descamisados are those he is marching with now

 He supports you, for he loves you

 Understands you, is one of you

 If not, how could he love me?

 

 (All:)

 A new Argentina, the chains of the masses untied

 A new Argentina, the voice of the people

 Cannot be, and must not be denied

 

 (Che:)

 How annoying that they have to fight elections for their cause

 The inconvenience, having to get a majority

 If normal methods of persuasion fail to win them applause

 There are other ways of establishing authority

 

 (All:)

 A new Argentina, the chains of the masses untied

 A new Argentina, the voice of the people

 Cannot be, and will not be, and must not be denied.