EVA To think that a man, as famous as you are, could love a Poor little nothing like me! I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
EVA and FAMILY She wants to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
CHE Just listen to that! They're onto you Magaldi! I'd get out While you can
EVA It's happened at last--I'm starting to get started--I'm Moving out with my man
MAGALDI Now Eva don't get carried away-
EVA Monotony past--suburbia departed--who could ever be Fond of the back of beyond?
MAGALDI Don't hear words that I didn't say
EVA's FAMILY What's that? You'd desert the girl you love?
MAGALDI The girl I love? What are you talking about?
EVA's FAMILY She really brightened up your out of town engagement, She gave you all she had--she wasn't in your contract --you must be quite relieved that no-one's told the papers --so far-
EVA I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple! Would I have done what I did if I hadn't thought, if I Hadn't known, we would stay together?
CHE Seems to me there's no point in resisting, she's made up her mind, you've no choice. Why don't you be the man who discovered her? You'll never be remembered for your voice.
MAGALDI The city can be paradise for those who have the cash, the class and the connections--what you need to make a splash. The likes of you get swept up in the morning with the trash--if you were rich or middle class-
EVA Screw the middle classes! I will never accept them! My father's Other family were middle class and we were kept out of Sight, hidden from view, at his funeral!
CHE Do all your one night stands give you this trouble?
MAGALDI Eva, beware of the city It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, it is mad Those who are fools are swallowed up whole And those who are not become What they should not become Changed--in short they go bad
EVA Bad is good for me--I'm bored, so clean and so ignored I've only been predictable--respectable! Birds fly out of here so why oh why oh why the hell can't I I only want variety--of society! I want to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
EVA and FAMILY She wants to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
MAGALDI Five years from now I shall come back And finally say, you have your way--come to town But you'll look at me with a foreigner's eyes The magical city a Younger girl's city, a Fantasy long since put down
EVA All you've done to me--was that a young girl's fantasy? I played your city games alright--didn't I? I already know what cooks, how the dirty city feels and looks I tasted it last night, didn't I? I'm going to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
EVA and FAMILY She's going to be a part of B.A.--Buenos Aires--Big Apple!
MAGALDI Eva beware your ambition It's hungry and cold, can't be controlled, will run wild This in a man is danger enough But you are a woman, not Even a woman, not Very much more than a child and whatever you say I'll not steal you away!