PERON
Dice are rolling, the knives are out
I see every bad sign in the book
And as far as they can--overweight to a man!
They have that lean and hungry look
EVA
But we still have the magic weve always had!
The descamisados still worship me--we arrived thanks to them and no-one else;
no thanks to your generals--a clutch of stuffed cuckoos!
PERON
Its not a question of a big parade, proving were big with the mobs on the street--
EVA
Youre wrong--the people, my people--
PERON
The people belong to no-one!
They are fickle, can be manipulated, they dont matter!
However much they love you now it matters more that
as far as my stuffed cuckoos are concerned, you dont politically exist!
EVA
So I dont exist! So I count for nothing!
Try saying that on the street when all over the world I am Argentina!
Most of your generals wouldnt be recognized by their own mothers!
But theyll admit I exist when I become vice-president!
PERON
That wont work... weve been through all of this before,
theyd fight you tooth and nail--youd never overcome
them with a hundred rallies and even if you did--
EVA
Yes?
PERON
Your little bodys slowly breaking down
Youre losing speed, youre losing strength--not style-- that goes on
Flourishing forever, but your eyes, your smile
Do not have the sparkle of their fantastic past
If you climb one more mountain it could be your last
EVA
Im not that ill--bad moments come but they go
Some days are fine, some a little bit harder
But that doesnt mean
I should change my routine
Have you ever seen
Me defeated?
Dont you forget what Ive been through and yet
Im still standing
And if I am ill--that could even be to your advantage!
PERON
Advantage? Im trying to point out that you are dying!
This talk of death is chilling--of course youre not going to die!
EVA
Then I must now be vice-president!
And I shall have my people come to choose
Two Perons to wear their countrys crowns
In thousands in my squares and avenues
Emptying their villages and towns
Where every soul in home or shack or stall
Knows me as Argentina--that is all
Oh I shall be a great vice-president!
PERON
So what happens now?
So what happens now?
EVA
Where am I going to?
PERON
Dont ask anymore