Released: November 12, 1996
Songwriter: Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice
Producer: David Caddick Andrew Lloyd Webber Nigel Wright Alan Parker
(Eva:)
The choice was mine, and mine completely
I could have any prize that I desired
I could burn with the splendor of the brightest fire
Or else, or else I could choose time
Remember I was very young then
And a year was forever and a day
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
I saw the lights, and I was on my way
And how I lived, how they shone
But how soon the lights were gone
(Che:)
The choice was yours and noone else's
You can cry for a body in despair
Hang your head because she is no longer there
To shine, to dazzle, or betray
How she lived, how she shone
But how soon the lights were gone
(Embalmers:)
Eyes, hair, face, image
All must be preserved
Still life displayed forever
No less than she deserved
The choice was mine, and mine completely
I could have any prize that I desired
I could burn with the splendor of the brightest fire
Or else, or else I could choose time
Remember I was very young then
And a year was forever and a day
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
I saw the lights, and I was on my way
And how I lived, how they shone
But how soon the lights were gone
(Che:)
The choice was yours and noone else's
You can cry for a body in despair
Hang your head because she is no longer there
To shine, to dazzle, or betray
How she lived, how she shone
But how soon the lights were gone
(Embalmers:)
Eyes, hair, face, image
All must be preserved
Still life displayed forever
No less than she deserved
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Evita (Highlights from the Motion Picture)
- You Must Love Me
- Rainbow High
- A New Argentina
- Goodnight and Thank You
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- Buenos Aires
- Oh What a Circus
- Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City
- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
- Requiem for Evita
- Peron’s Latest Flame
- And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)
- I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You
- On This Night of a Thousand Stars
- She Is a Diamond
- Lament
- Waltz for Eva and Che
- High Flying, Adored
- Eva’s Final Broadcast (End)
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