Evita vol. 1 movie - Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City lyrics

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Song by Madonna, Jimmy Nail, Antonio Banderas & Julian Littman<br /><br>

[Eva:]<br>

To think that a man as famous as you are<br>

Could love a poor little nothing like me<br>

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[Chorus:]<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

I wanna be a part of B.A.<br>

Buenos Aires, Big Apple<br>

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[Eva's family:]<br>

She wants to be a part of B.A.<br>

Buenos Aires, Big Apple<br>

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[Che:]<br>

Just listen to that, they're on to you Magaldi<br>

I'd get out while you can<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

It's happened at last, I'm starting to get started<br>

I'm moving out with my man<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

Now Eva don't get carried away<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

Monotony past, suburbia departed<br>

Who could ever be fond of the back of beyond?<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

Don't hear words that I didn't say<br>

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[Eva's family:]<br>

What's that? You'd desert the girl you love?<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

The girl I love?<br>

What are you talking about?<br>

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[Eva's family:]<br>

She really brightened up your out-of-town engagement<br>

She gave you all she had, she wasn't in your contract<br>

You must be quite relieved that noone's told the papers, so far<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

I wanna be a part of B.A.<br>

Buenos Aires, Big Apple<br>

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Would I have done what I did<br>

If I hadn't thought, if I hadn't known<br>

We would stay together<br>

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[Eva's brother:]<br>

Seems to me there's no point in resisting<br>

She's made up her mind, you've no choice<br>

Why don't you be the man who discovered her<br>

You'll never be remembered for your voice<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

The city can be paradise for those who have the cash<br>

The class and the connections, what you need to make a splash<br>

The likes of you get swept up in the morning with the trash<br>

If you were rich or middle class ...<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

Screw the middle classes! I will never accept them!<br>

My father's other family were middle class<br>

And we were kept out of sight, hidden from view at his funeral.<br>

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[Eva's brother:]<br>

Do all your one night stands give you this trouble?<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

Eva beware of the city<br>

It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, it is mad<br>

Those who are fools are swallowed up whole<br>

And those who are not become what they should not become<br>

Changed, in short, they go bad.<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

Bad is good for me<br>

I'm bored, so clean, and so ignored<br>

I've only been predictable, respectable<br>

Birds fly out of here, so why oh why oh why the hell can't I?<br>

I only want variety, of society<br>

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[chorus]<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

Five years from now I shall come back<br>

And finally say, "You have your way, come to town."<br>

But you'll look at me with a foreigner's eyes<br>

The magical city, a younger girl's city<br>

A fantasy long since put down<br>

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[Eva:]<br>

All you've done to me, was that a young girl's fantasy?<br>

I played your city games alright, didn't I?<br>

I already know what cooks, how the dirty city feels and looks<br>

I tasted it last night, didn't I?<br>

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I'm gonna be a part of B.A.<br>

Buenos Aires, Big Apple<br>

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[Eva and family:]<br>

She's gonna be a part of B.A.<br>

Buenos Aires, Big Apple<br>

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[Magaldi:]<br>

Eva beware your ambition<br>

It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, will run wild<br>

This in a man is danger enough, but you are a woman <br>

Not even a woman, not very much more than a child<br>

And whatever you say, I'll not steal you away<br>

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