Evita Musical - Dice Are Rolling lyrics

PERON Dice are rolling, the knives are out I see every bad sign in the book And as far as they can--overweight to a man! They have that lean and hungry look EVA But we still have the magic we've always had! The descamisados still worship me--we arrived thanks to them and no-one else; No thanks to your generals--a clutch of stuffed cuckoos! PERON It's not a question of a big parade, proving we're big with the mobs on the street-- EVA You're wrong--the people, my people-- PERON The people belong to no-one! They are fickle, can be manipulated, they don't matter! However much they love you now it matters more that As far as my stuffed cuckoos are concerned, you don't politically exist! EVA So I don't exist! So I count for nothing! Try saying that on the street when all over the world I am Argentina! Most of your generals wouldn't be recognized by their own mothers! But they'll admit I exist when I become vice-president! PERON That won't work... we've been through all of this before, They'd fight you tooth and nail--you'd never overcome Them with a hundred rallies and even if you did-- EVA Yes? PERON Your little body's slowly breaking down You're losing speed, you're losing strength--not style-- that goes on Flourishing forever, but your eyes, your smile Do not have the sparkle of their fantastic past If you climb one more mountain it could be your last EVA I'm not that ill--bad moments come but they go Some days are fine, some a little bit harder But that doesn't mean I should change my routine Have you ever seen Me defeated? Don't you forget what I've been through and yet I'm still standing And if I am ill--that could even be to your advantage! PERON Advantage? I'm trying to point out that you are dying! This talk of d**h is chilling--of course you're not going to die! EVA Then I must now be vice-president! And I shall have my people come to choose Two Perons to wear their country's crowns In thousands in my squares and avenues Emptying their villages and towns Where every soul in home or shack or stall Knows me as Argentina--that is all Oh I shall be a great vice-president! PERON So what happens now? So what happens now? EVA Where am I going to? PERON Don't ask anymore