(Peron:)Dice are rolling, the knives are outWould-be presidents
are all aroundI don't say they mean harmBut they'd each
give an armTo see us six feet underground(Eva:)It doesn't
matter what those morons sayOur nation's leaders are a
feeble crewThere's only twenty of them anywayWhat is twenty
next to millions whoAre looking to you?All you have to do is sit
and waitKeeping out of everybody's wayWe'll ...
you'll be handed power on a plateWhen the ones who matter
have their sayAnd with chaos installedYou can reluctantly agree
to be called(Peron:)There again we could be foolish not to quit
while we're aheadFor distance lends enchantment, and that is
whyAll exiles are distinguished, more important, they're not
deadI could find job satisfaction in Paraguay(Eva:)This is crazy
defeatist talkWhy commit political suicide, there's no
riskThere's no call for any action at allWhen you have
unions on your side(Workers:)A new Argentina, the chains of the
masses untiedA new Argentina, the voice of the peopleCannot be
denied(Eva:)There is only one man who can lead any workers'
regimeHe lives for your problems, he shares your ideals and your
dreamHe supports you, for he loves youUnderstands you, is one of
youIf not, how could he love me?(Workers:)A new Argentina, the
workers' battle songA new Argentina, the voice of the
peopleRings out loud and long(Eva:)Now I am a worker, I've
suffered the way that you doI've been unemployed, and
I've starved and I've hated it tooBut I found my
salvation in Peron, may the nationLet him save them as he saved
me(All:)A new Argentina, a new age about to beginA new Argentina,
we face the world togetherAnd no dissent within(Peron:)There
again we could be foolish not to quit while we're aheadI can
see us many miles away, inactiveSipping cocktails on a terrace,
taking breakfast in bedSleeping easy, doing nothing, it's
attractive(Eva:)Don't think I don't think like youI
often get those nightmares tooThey always take some
swallowingSometimes it's very difficult to keep momentumIf
it's you that you are followingDon't close doors, keep
an escape clauseBecause we might lose the Big AppleBut would I
have done what I didIf I hadn't thought, if I hadn't
knownWe would take the country(Eva:)Peron has resigned from the
army and this we avowThe descamisados are those he is marching
with nowHe supports you, for he loves youUnderstands you, is one
of youIf not, how could he love me?(All:)A new Argentina, the
chains of the masses untiedA new Argentina, the voice of the
peopleCannot be, and must not be denied(Che:)How annoying that
they have to fight elections for their causeThe inconvenience,
having to get a majorityIf normal methods of persuasion fail to
win them applauseThere are other ways of establishing
authority(All:)A new Argentina, the chains of the masses untiedA
new Argentina, the voice of the people