Don't Blame Me
Various Artists - Warwick Records Lyrics
People of Argentina
Your newly elected President, Juan Peron
(Peron, Peron, Peron, Peron)
(Peron, Peron, Peron, Peron)
(Peron, Peron, Peron)
Argentinos, Argentinos
We are all workers now
Fighting against our common enemies
Poverty, social injustice
Foreign domination of our industries
Reaching for our common goals
Our independence, our dignity, our pride
Let the world know that our great nation is awakening
And that its heart beats in the humble bodies
Of Juan Peron and his wife
The first lady of Argentina
Eva Duarte de Peron
As a mere observer of this tasteless phenomenon
One has to admire the stage management
There again perhaps I'm more than a mere observer
Listen to my enthusiasm gentlemen
Peron! Peron! Peron!
Look, if I take off my shirt, will you
(Evita, Evita, Evita, Evita)
(Evita, Evita, Evita, Evita)
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
Just listen to that! The voice of Argentina!
We are adored! We are loved!
Statesmanship is more than entertaining peasants
We shall see, little man
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron!
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron
In his noble crusade to rescue his people!
I was once as you are now!
I have taken these riches from the oligarchs only for you
For all of you! One day you will inherit these treasures!
Descamisados! When they fire those cannons
when the crowds sing of glory, it is not just for Peron
But for all of us! All of us!
Things have reached a pretty pass
When someone pretty lower class
Can be accepted and admired
But your despicable class is dead!
Look who they are calling for now!
Your newly elected President, Juan Peron
(Peron, Peron, Peron, Peron)
(Peron, Peron, Peron, Peron)
(Peron, Peron, Peron)
Argentinos, Argentinos
We are all workers now
Fighting against our common enemies
Foreign domination of our industries
Reaching for our common goals
Our independence, our dignity, our pride
Let the world know that our great nation is awakening
And that its heart beats in the humble bodies
Of Juan Peron and his wife
The first lady of Argentina
Eva Duarte de Peron
As a mere observer of this tasteless phenomenon
One has to admire the stage management
There again perhaps I'm more than a mere observer
Listen to my enthusiasm gentlemen
Peron! Peron! Peron!
Look, if I take off my shirt, will you
(Evita, Evita, Evita, Evita)
(Evita, Evita, Evita, Evita)
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
Just listen to that! The voice of Argentina!
We are adored! We are loved!
Statesmanship is more than entertaining peasants
We shall see, little man
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista!
Evita Peron!
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron
In his noble crusade to rescue his people!
I was once as you are now!
I have taken these riches from the oligarchs only for you
For all of you! One day you will inherit these treasures!
Descamisados! When they fire those cannons
when the crowds sing of glory, it is not just for Peron
But for all of us! All of us!
Things have reached a pretty pass
When someone pretty lower class
Can be accepted and admired
But your despicable class is dead!
Look who they are calling for now!
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TIM RICE, ANDREW WEBBER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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John Gallucci
It is always hard to get high school students to see the power of a form so ancient and to understand the crucial role of the chorus. Your rendition and additions do it so well. Thank you ! Kudos to all involved from actors, to set, lighting, music - fantastic. My honors class is reading play aloud in class, and I am showing them segments of this interspersed. Thank you to all!
John Gallucci
@Maximilian you are welcome. We read 1/2 play before finding your video - they watched 20 min of it - and when we went back to reading they were so much more animated and engaged This is how cooperative eduction happens.
Maximilian
Director here - thanks so much!
Classics and Ancient History @ Warwick
Many thanks!
A Christian Nerd
Had to read Oedipus for a class and did this instead and followed along, thank yall so much this was a huge help!!! Also a wonderful play! I love the guitar and rock music yall put in!
S H
This is beautiful! I watched this to get a better understanding of the play, was not disappointed! ;)
TyrantNexus
What a wholesome story of a boy and his mum...
Noodle Doodle
THAT WAS TRULY AMAZING!!!
Calum Shank
Really well done play especially with a bunch of youth actors
Jarrett Koski
Well done! Thank you for this wonderful production!