CHO
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 us a ring
But we
don't always answer the phone
EVA
Oh but
its sad when a love affair dies
But we
have pretended enough.
It's
best that we both stop fooling ourselves.
CHO
Which
means-(hand gesture)
CHO 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
CHO (To EMILIO)
Goodnight and thank you Emilio
You've
completed your task, what more could we ask
Of you
now?
Please
sign the book on your way out the door
That
will be all
If she
needs you we'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
CHO
Which
means..(hand gesture)
CHO, EVA, EVA's
FIRST LOVER
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
GENERIC SINGERS
There
is no soap, no soap like ZAZ,
No
detergent, lotion or oil with such power,
In the
shower.
It's
the mother and father of luxury lava,
The
talk of the bath, the great ointment
One
little frolic with new ZAZ carbolic
You
scent it, you'll be sent.
CHO (To EVA's
SECOND LOVER)
Goodnight and thank you whoever
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
CHO
Which
means.. (hand gesture)
(By now
a fairly long line of EVA's rejected LOVERS
has
formed)
FORMER 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
CHO
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
From the script of the musicale "Evita" (Act I Scene 6)
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