Mandy Patinkin - Waltz for Eva and Che lyrics

[Ché] Tell me before I waltz out of your life Before turning my back on the past Forgive my impertinent behaviour 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 saviour? 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-honoured 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 [Eva & Ché] There is evil, ever around Fundamental system of government Quite incidental [Eva] So what are my chances for honest advances, I'd say low Better to win by admitting my sin than to lose with a halo [Ché] 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 [Eva & Ché] 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? [Eva] Oh, what I'd give for a hundred years But the physical interferes Every day more, oh 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