Pétula Clark
DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA Paroles: Tom Rice, musique: Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1976
It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you
I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around trying everything new
But nothing impresses me at all
I never expected it to
REFRAIN:
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days my mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance
And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world
They were all I desired
They are illusions
They're the solutions they promised to be,
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me
REFRAIN
Have I said too much?
There's nothing more
I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do is look at me
To know that every world is true
REFRAIN
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days my mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep my distance