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 that hill
 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

 (The CROWD is ecstatically enthusiastic; EVA goes
 inside from the balcony)

 Just listen to that! The voice of Argentina! We are
 adored! We are loved!

 OFFICER
 Statesmanship is more than entertaining peasants

 EVA
 We shall see, little man

 CROWD
 Evita Peron! La Santa Peronista! (Repeated)

 (EVA goes back onto the balcony