CHE (To EVA'S FIRST LOVER) 



Goodnight and thank you whoever 



She's in every magazine, been photographed, seen 



She is known 



We don't like to rush but your case has been packed 



If she's missed anything 



You could give her a ring 



But she won't always answer the phone 







EVA 



Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies 



But we have pretended enough 



It's best that we stop fooling ourselves 







CHE



Which means......... 







CHE and EVA 



There is no-one, no-one at all 



Never has been and never will be a lover 



Male or female 



Who hasn't an eye on 



In fact they rely on 



Tricks they can try on 



Their partner 



They're hoping their lover will help them or keep them 



Support them, promote them 



Don't blame them 



You're the same 







CHE 



Goodnight and thank you Emilio 



You've completed your task, what more can we ask Of you now? 



Please sign the book on your way out the door



That will be all If she needs you she'll call 



But I don't think that's likely somehow 







EVA



Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies 



But when we were hot we were hot 



I know you'll look back on the good times we've shared 







CHE 



Which means............... 







CHE and EVA



There is no-one, no-one at all 



Never has been and never will be a lover Male or female



Who hasn't an eye on 



In fact they rely on 



Tricks they can try on 



Their partner



They're hoping their lover will help them or keep them



Support them, promote them 



Don't blame her



You're the same 







EVA 



There is no soap, no soap like Zazz 



No detergent, lotion or oil with such power in the shower



It's the mother and father of luxury lather



The talk of the bath 



The great ointment 



One little frolic



With new Zazz carbolic 



Your scented 



You'll be sent. 







CHE 



Goodnight and thank you Señor Jabón



We are grateful you found her a spot on the sound radio 



We'll think of you every time she's on the air



We'd love you to stay 



But you'd be in the way 



So do up your trousers and go 







EVA 



Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies 



The decline into silence and doubt 



Our passion was just too intense to survive 







CHE 



Which means................... 







(By now a fairly long line of EVA's rejected LOVERS has formed) 







LOVERS



This is a club I should never have joined 



Someone has made us look fools 



Argentine men call the sexual shots 



Someone has altered the rules







EVA 



Fame on the wireless as far as it goes



Is all very well, but every girl knows 







CHE 



She needs a man she can monopolize 



With fingers in dozens of different pies- 







LOVERS



Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies 







9. The Lady's Got Potential 







CHE 



In June of 43 there was a military coup



Behind it was a gang called the G.O.U. 



Who did not feel the need to be elected 



They had themselves a party at the point of a gun 



They were slightly to the right of Attila the Hun 



A bomb or two and very few objected 



Just one shell and governments fall like flies 



Ka-pow, Die 



They stumble and fall 



Bye bye 



Backs to the wall 



Aim high 



We're having a ball 



The tank and bullet ruled as democracy dies 



The lady's got potential



She was setting her sights 



Of making it in movies 



With her name in lights 



The greatest social climber 



Since Cinderella 



Okay she couldn't act 



But she had the right friends 



And we all know a career depends 



On knowing the right fella to be stellar. 



Just one shell and governments lose their nerve



Ka-pow, Die 



They stumble and fall



Bye, bye 



Backs to the wall 



Aim high 



We're having a ball 



That's how we get the government we deserve 



Now the man behind the president 



Calling the shots 



Involved so discreetly in a lot of their plots was Colonel Juan Peron would-be dictator 



He began in the army out in Italy so 



Saw Mussolini's rise from the very front row 



I reckon he'd do likewise sooner or later 



Just one blast and the tear gas falls like rain 



Ka-pow, Die 



They haven't a chance 



Bye bye 



The terrorists advance 



But one guy 



Doesn't dirty his hands 



Peron was biding time out in the slow lane. 



Suddenly a earthquake hit the town of San Juan



Ka-pow, Die 



They stumble and fall



Bye bye 



Keep away from the wall 



But one guy 



Was having a ball 



The tragedy a golden chance for Peron 



He organized a concert with incredible flair 



He named off all the victims such a grand affair Politicians, actors, stars of every flavor 



It was January 22, 1944 A night to remember yeah that's for sure



For that's the night that Peron first met Eva



For that's the night that Peron first met Eva. 







10. CHARITY CONCERT/THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE 







(Backstage at the charity concert. EVA by now a successful actress, and PERON, by now one of the most powerful men in the military government, are both present. EVA's old friend MAGALDI is finishing his act on stage. 







MAGALDI 



On this night... On this night... On this night of a thousand stars Let me take you to heaven's door Where the music of love's guitars Plays for evermore! 



(MAGALDI comes off stage and runs into EVA) 







EVA



Magaldi? 







MAGALDI 



Eva Duarte? 







EVA 



You're act hasn't changed much. 







MAGALDI 



Neither has yours.







AUDIENCE: 



Peron, Peron, Peron. 







(MAGALDI leaves. The crowd begins to call for PERON. PERON pushes his way onto the stage.) 







PERON 



I stand here as a servant of the people.



As we come together for a marvelous cause



You've shown by your presence, your deeds, and applause



What the people can do true power is your's 



not the government unless it represents the people 







CHE 



One always picks the easy fight 



One praises fools 



One smothers light 



One shifts from left to right 



Politics the art of the possible 







11. I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You 



(PERON leaves the stage and finds himself face to face with EVA) 







EVA 



Colonel Peron? 







PERON 



Eva Duarte? 







EVA and PERON I've heard so much about you! 



I'm amazed for I'm only an actress (a soldier) 



Nothing to shout about (One of the thousands) 



Only a girl on the air (Defending the country he loves). 







EVA



But when you act, the things you do affect us all. 







PERON 



But when you act, you take us away from the squalor of The real world--Are you here on your own? 







EVA 



Yes, Oh yes. 







PERON



So am I--what a fortunate coincidence. 



Maybe you're my reward for my efforts here tonight. 







EVA 



It seems crazy but you must believe 



There's nothing calculated, nothing planned 



Please forgive me if I seem naive



I would never want to force your hand



But please understand 



I'd be good for you. 



I don't always rush in like this 



Twenty seconds after saying hello 



Telling strangers I'm too good to miss 



If I'm wrong I hope you'll tell me so 



But you really should know 



I'd be good for you 



I'd be surprisingly good for you. 



I won't go on if I'm boring you 



But do you understand my point of view 



Do you like what you hear, what you see, and would you be 



Good for me too? 



I'm not talking of a hurried night 



A frantic tumble then a shy goodbye 



Creeping home before it gets too light 



That's not the reason that I caught your eye 



Which has to imply 



I'd be good for you 



I'd be surprisingly good for you 







PERON



Please go on--you enthrall me! 



I can understand you perfectly



And I like what I hear, what I see, and knowing me 



I would be good for you too 







EVA 



I'm not talking of a hurried night 



A frantic tumble then a shy goodbye 



Creeping home before it gets too light 



That's not the reason that I caught your eye 



Which has to imply 



I'd be good for you



I'd be surprisingly good for you. 







(EVA and PERON arrive at PERON's apartment. PERON's 16 year-old MISTRESS is in bed.) 







12. HELLO AND GOODBYE 



EVA 



Hello and goodbye!



I've just unemployed you 



You can go back to school--you had a good run 



I'm sure he enjoyed you 



Don't act sad or surprised, let's be friends, civilized 



Come on little one! 



Don't sit there like a dummy!



The day you knew would arrive is here--you'll survive 



So move, funny face! 



I like your conversation--you've a catchy turn of phrase 



Your obviously going through some adolescent phase 







MISTRESS 



So what happens now? 



So what happens now?



Where am I going to? 







CHE 



You'll get by you always have before







MISTRESS 



Where am I going to?







EVA 



Don't ask anymore 







13. PERON'S LATEST FLAME 







CHE 



At the watering-holes of the well-to-do 



I detect a resistance to... 







ARISTOCRATS 



Precisely! 







CHE 



...our heroine's style 







ARISTOCRATS We're glad you noticed 







CHE 



The shooting sticks of the upper class 







ARISTOCRATS 



Give her an inch... 







CHE 



Aren't supporting a single ass 



That would rise for the girl 







ARISTOCRATS 



...she'll take a mile 



Such a shame she wandered into our enclosure 



How unfortunate this person has forced us to be blunt 



No, we wouldn't mind seeing her at Harrod's



But behind the jewelry counter--not in front 







CHE 



Could there be in our fighting corps A lack of enthusiasm for...







ARMY 



Exactly! 







CHE 



...Peron's latest flame? 







ARMY 



You said it brother 







CHE 



Should you wish to cause great distress



In the tidiest officer's mess 



Just mention her name 







ARMY 



That isn't funny! 



Peron is a fool, breaking every taboo 



Installing the girl in the army H.Q. 



And she's an actress! The last straw 



Her only good parts are between her thighs 



She should stare at the ceiling, not reach for the skies 



Or she could be his last whore 



The evidence suggests 



She has other interests 



If it's her who's using him



He's exceptionally dim 



Bitch!



Dangerous Jade!







ARISTOCRATS 



We have allowed ourselves to slip 



We have completely lost our grip



We have declined to an all-time low 



Tarts have become the set to know 







EVA 



I'm only a radio star with just one weekly show 



But speaking as one of the people I want you to know 



We are tired of the decline of Argentina with no sign of 



A government able to give us the things we deserve 







ARMY 



It's no crime for officers to do as they please 



As long as they're discreet and keep clear of disease 



We ignore, we disregard 



But once they allow a bit on the side 



To move to the center where she's not qualified 



We are forced be on our guard 



She should get into her head 



She should not get out of bed 



She should know that she's not paid 



To be loud but to be laid 



Slut! 



Dangerous Jade! 







(EVA, the glamorous movie star, enters, flanked by HEAVIES.) 







CHE (dressed as a reporter) 



This has really been your year Miss Duarte 



Tell us where you go from here Miss Duarte



Which are the roles that you yearn to play



Whom did you sleep--dine with yesterday?







EVA 



Acting is limiting the lines not mine 



That's no help to the Argentine







CHE 



Can we assume then that you'll quit? 



Is this because of your involvement with Colonel Peron? 







HEAVIES 



Goodnight and thank you (They drag CHE away) 







ARMY 



She won't be kept happy by her nights on the tiles



She says it's his body but she's after his files 



So get back onto the street! 



She should get into her head 



She should not get out of bed 



She should know that she's not paid 



To be loud but to be laid 



The evidence suggests 



She has other interests 



If it's her who's using him 



He's exceptionally dim 







ARISTOCRATS 



Things have reached a pretty pass 



When someone pretty lower class 



Graceless and vulgar, uninspired 



Can be accepted and admired 







14. A NEW ARGENTINA 







PERON 



Dice are rolling, the knives are out 



Would be presidents are all around 



I don't say they mean harm, but they'd each give an arm 



To see us six feet under ground







EVA 



It doesn't matter what those morons say 



Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew 



There's only twenty of them anyway 



What is twenty next to millions who 



Are looking to you? 



All you have to do is sit and wait 



Keeping out of everybody's way



We'll--you'll be handed power on a plate



When the ones who matter have their say 



And with chaos installed 



You can reluctantly agree to be called 







PERON 



There again we could be foolish 



Not to quit while we're ahead 



For distance lends enchantment 



And that is why 



All exiles are distinguished 



More important they're not dead 



I could find job satisfaction In Paraguay 







EVA 



This is crazy defeatist talk 



Why commit political suicide? 



There's no risk, there's no call 



For any action at all 



When you have unions on your side 







MOB 



A new Argentina! 



The chains of the masses untied! 



A new Argentina! 



The voice of the people cannot be denied! 







EVA 



There is only one man who can lead any workers' regime 



He lives for your problems, he shares your ideals and your dreams 



He supports you for he loves you, understands you, 



is one of you If not--how could he love me? 







MOB 



A new Argentina! 



The workers' battle song! 



A new Argentina! 



The voice of the people rings out loud and long! 







EVA 



Now I am a worker I've suffered the way that you do 



I've been unemployed and I've starved and I've hated it too



But I found my salvation in Peron--may the nation



Let him save them as he saved me 







MOB AND EVA 



A new Argentina! 



A new age about to begin! 



A new Argentina! 



We face the world together and no dissent within 







PERON 



There again we could be foolish 



Not to quit while were ahead 



I can see us many miles away 



Inactive, sipping cocktails on a terrace, 



Taking breakfast in bed, sleeping easy, 



Doing nothing, it's attractive. 







EVA 



Don't think I don't think like you, I often get those nightmares too 



They always take some swallowing 



Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum if 



It's you that you are following 



Don't close doors 



Keep an escape clause 



Because we might lose 



The Big Apple 



But--would I have done, what I did If I hadn't thought, if I hadn't known 



We would take the country? 







EVA 



Peron has resigned from the army and this we avow 



The descamisados are those he is marching with now! 



He supports you for he loves you, understands you, is one of you 



If not--how could he love me? 







ALL 



A new Argentina! 



The chains of the masses untied! 



A new Argentina! 



The voice of the people cannot be, and must not be, denied!







CHE 



How annoying that they have to fight elections for their cause 



The inconvenience--having to get a majority. 



If normal methods of persuasion fail to win them applause 



There are other ways of establishing authority 







ALL 



A new Argentina! 



The chains of the masses untied! 



A new Argentina! 



The voice of the people cannot be, and will not be, and must not be, denied!