Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City

TO THINK THAT A MAN
AS FAMOUS AS YOU ARE
COULD LOVE A POOR
LITTLE NOTHING LIKE ME

I WANNA BE...
A PART OF B.A., BUENOS AIRES
BIG APPLE!

She wants to be...
A part of B.A., Buenos Aires
Big Apple!

Just listen to that!
They're on to you, Magaldi...
I'd get out while you can

IT'S HAPPENED AT LAST!
I'M STARTING TO GET STARTED!
I'M MOVING OUT...
WITH MY MAN! - Now, Eva don't get carried away!
MONOTONY PAST!
SUBURBIA DEPARTED!
WHO COULD EVER BE FOND
OF THE BACK OF BEYOND?
Don't hear words that I didn't say!

What's that?
You'd desert the girl you love?
"The girl I love"...
"What are you talking about?"
She really brightened up your out-of-town engagement
She gave you all she had, she wasn't in your contract!
You must be quite relieved that noone's told the papers...
So far!

I WANNA BE
A PART OF B.A., BUENOS AIRES
BIG APPLE!

WOULD I HAVE DONE...
WHAT I DID
IF I HADN'T THOUGHT...
IF I HADN'T KNOWN...
WE WOULD STAY... TOGETHER?

Seems to me...
There's no point in resisting
She's made up her mind, you've no choice!
Why don't you be the man who discovered her?
You'll never be remembered for your voice!

The city can be paradise
For those who have the cash...
The class and the connections
What you need to make a splash!

The likes of you...
Get swept up
In the morning with the trash
If you were rich or
Middle class... - SCREW THE MIDDLE CLASSES!
I WILL NEVER ACCEPT THEM!
MY FATHER'S OTHER FAMILY WERE MIDDLE CLASS...
AND WE WERE KEPT OUT OF SIGHT...
HIDDEN FROM VIEW...
AT HIS FUNERAL

Do all your one night stands...
Give you this trouble?

Eva, beware of the city
It's hungry and cold...
Can't be controlled, it is mad!
Those who are fools are swallowed up whole!
And those, who are not become
What they should not become, changed!
In short, they go bad! - BAD IS GOOD FOR ME!
I'M BORED, SO CLEAN AND SO IGNORED!
I'VE ONLY BEEN PREDICTABLE...
RESPECTABLE!
BIRDS FLY OUT OF HERE SO...
WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY THE HELL CAN'T I?
I ONLY WANT VARIETY...
OF SOCIETY!

I WANNA BE...
A PART OF B.A., BUENOS AIRES
BIG APPLE!

She wants to be
A part of B.A., Buenos Aires
Big apple!

Five years from now, I shall come back
And finally say:
"You have your way, come to town!"
But you'll look at me with a foreigner's eyes
The magical city...
A younger girl's city
A fantasy long since put down - ALL YOU'VE DONE TO ME...
WAS THAT A YOUNG GIRL'S FANTASY?
I PLAYED YOUR CITY GAMES ALRIGHT
DIDN'T I?
I ALREADY KNOW WHAT COOKS
HOW THE DIRTY CITY FEELS AND LOOKS! I TASTED IT LAST NIGHT!
DIDN'T I?

I'M GONNA BE
A PART OF B.A., BUENOS AIRES
BIG APPLE!

She's gonna be
A part of B.A., Buenos Aires
Big Apple!

Eva, beware your ambition
It's hungry and cold...
Can't be controlled, will run wild!
This...
In a man is...
Danger enough!
But you are a woman
Not even a woman! Not...
Very much more than a child!
And whatever you say
I'll not steal you away



Credits
Writer(s): Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
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