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Oh, What a Circus

Ricky Martin

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Oh, What a Circus

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Oh, what a circusOh, what a showArgentina has gone to townOver the death of an actressCalled eva peronWe've all gone crazyMourning all day and mourning all nightFalling over ourselves to get allOf the misery rightOh, what an exitThat's how to goWhen they're bringing your curtain downDemand to be buried like eva peronIt's quite a sunset and good for the countryIn a roundabout wayWe've made the front page of allThe world's papers todayBut, who is this santa evitaWhy all this howling, hysterical sorrowWhat kind of goddess has lived among usHow will we ever get by without her?She had her momentsShe had some styleThe best show in town was the crowdOutside the casa rosadaCrying eva peronBut that's all gone nowAs soon as the smoke from the funeral clearsWe're all gonna see and howShe did nothing for years[ensemble]Salve regina mater misericordiaeVita dulcedo et spes nostraSalve salve reginaAd te clamamus exules filii evaAd te suspiramus gementes et flentesO clemens, o piaYou let down your people evitaYou were supposed to have been immortalThat's all they wanted, not much to ask forBut, in the end you could not deliverSing you fools but, you've got it wrongEnjoy your prayersBecause you haven't got longYour queen is dead, your king is throughShe's not coming back to youShow business kept us all aliveSince seventeen october 1945But the story's goneThe glamour's worn thinThat's a pretty bad stateFor a state to be inInstead of government, we had a stageInstead of ideas, a prima donna's rageInstead of help, we were given a crowdShe didn't say much but, she said it loudAnd who am I who dares to keepHis head held high while millions weep?Why the exception to the rule?Opportunist, traitor, foolOr just a man who grew and sawFrom seventeen to twenty-fourHis country bled, crucifiedShe's not the only one who's diedSing you fools but, you've got it wrongEnjoy your prayersBecause you haven't got longYour queen is dead, your king is throughShe's not coming back to you[ensemble]Salve regina mater misericordiaeVita dulcedo et spes nostraSalve salve regina peronAd te clemamus exules filii evaAd te suspiramus gementes et flentesO clemens o pia[eva]Don't cry for me, argentinaFor I am ordinary unimportantAnd undeserving of such attentionUnless we all areI think we all areRide on my train oh, my peopleAnd when it's your turn to dieYou'll rememberThey find those cannons sing lamentationsNot just for eva for argentinaNot just for eva for everybodySo share my glory, so share my coffinSo share my glory, so share my coffin[che]It's our funeral tooNow eva peron had every disadvantageYou need if you're gonna succeedNo money, no class, no fatherNo bright lightsThere was nowhere she'd beenAt the age of fifteenAs this tango singer found outA tango singerAugustine migaldiWho has the distinction of beingThe first man to be of use to eva duerte

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