Album: Evita (1976)

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• It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
  When I try to explain how I feel
  That I still need your love after all that I've done
  You won't believe me, all you will see is a girl you once knew
  Although she's dressed up to the nines
  At sixes and sevens with you
  I had to let it happen, I had to change
  Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
  Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
  So I chose freedom, running around trying everything new
  But nothing impressed me at all
  I never expected it to
  Don't cry for me, Argentina
  The truth is, I never left you
  All through my wild days, my mad existence
  I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance
  And as for fortune, and as for fame
  I never invited them in
  Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired
  They are illusions, they're not the solutions they promised to be
  The answer was here all the time:
  I love you, and hope you love me
  Don't cry for me, Argentina...
  
  Don't cry for me, Argentina
  The truth is, I never left you
  All through my wild days, my mad existence
  I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance
  Have I said too much?
  There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
  But all you have to do is look at me to know
  That every word is true Writer/s: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
  Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• Howard L. from LevittownI first heard Ms. Covington in Jeff Wayne's "War of The Worlds," which I later wrote off as prog at its most excessive. If anything, she'll be better remembered for this.
• Siahara Shyne Carter from United StatesWhen I was younger When this played sequencyly on MTV I JAM like crazy and Everyone Covers thier ears LOL one moment my mother is laughing HAHAHA lol TBT
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyA little added info to the next post below; on June 21st, 1978 the musical "Evita" premiered at the Prince Edward Theatre in London, England; it ran for 3,176 performances before closing on February 18th, 1986.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 25th 1979, the musical 'Evita' premiered on Broadway at the Broadway Theater in New York City...
  It closed on June 26th, 1983 after 1,567 performances...
  The following year on March 2nd, 1980 "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" by Festival entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at #90; it stayed on the chart for 8 weeks, peaking at #72...
  On February 23rd, 1997 Madonna's covered version peaked at #8 for one week on the Top 100 chart {it reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Clubs Songs chart}.
• Carolyn from Knoville, Tnhmmm...for some reason, I thought Patti LaPone recorded it....
• Zabadak from London, EnglandThe melody was used again in Evita, as in the song Oh What A Circus, a UK hit for David Essex...

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