Madonna - Eva And Magaldi / Eva Beware Of The City Lyrics






[Eva:]
To think that a man as famous as you are
Could love a poor little nothing like me

[Chorus:]

[Eva:]
I wanna be a part of B.A.
Buenos Aires, Big Apple
[Eva's family:]
She wants to be a part of B.A.
Buenos Aires, Big Apple

[Che:]
Just listen to that, they're on to 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 noone's told the papers, so far

[Eva:]
I wanna 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

[Eva's brother:]
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.

[Eva's brother:]
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

[chorus]

[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 gonna be a part of B.A.
Buenos Aires, Big Apple

[Eva and family:]
She's gonna 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





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  1. �.... ....

    B I G. A P P L E

  2. A.... L....

    Hey people! I'm going to Buenos Aires next week. I rewatched the film Evita and shall be singing all the way through B.A. :)

  3. J.... J....

    I love 💖 Madonna voice she a great actess

  4. C.... ....

    I heard this from somewhere idk if it was a music channel or a movie but I finally decided to look it up 😂

  5. j.... j....

    we are watching this movie in spanish and i loveeeddd this song 😍

  6. M.... A....

    I am your son Mohammad....i am 38 y ......i want to meet you now Mom............

  7. B.... G....

    this track is so good! I definitely do recommend the musical.

  8. K.... M....

    but how could they let Madonna record this song without correcting her pronunciation of "Buenos Aires" D:

  9. �.... ....

    なにそれ?
    そんなのあるの?🐈

  10. W.... ....

    I wanna be a part of B.A. 
    Buenos Aires, Big Apple

  11. J.... F....

    acc bliss

  12. R.... M....

    This is my fav musical. Also the real Eva peron was an amazing actress. I definitely recommend her films

    R.... M....

    Famous person but NOT a great actress

  13. P.... T....

    People are trash

  14. s.... s....

    See how dirty men are in life...He ruined her youth and Heart...and He was a pedophile (She was 13) and He was cheating on his wife...then had the Nerve to Looked down on her when She met up again w/ him later in lfe accomplished, beautiful More than He could ever! Plain JEALOUSLY!!! HE WAS A LOSER! And the men made her this way!!! Where was her Father in life????

    s.... s....

    Her father died when she was a little girl

    s.... s....

    She never accomplished anything...got it by screwing famous men.

  15. S.... H....

    what's "big apple" in that context?

  16. S.... H....

    1:04 - you've got to be kidding me... "We need him crucified, that's all you have to do" - if you're going to steal from yourself, lloyd webber, at least don't be so obvious.

    S.... H....

    Shachar Har-Shuv I'm so mad I didn't notice this before!!! Jesus Christ Superstar is my favorite musical by him

  17. L.... R....

    Screw the middle classes
    Best line ever

  18. D.... W....

    One of the most beautiful songs ever, in a strange (but beautiful) way

  19. D.... D....

    Madonna did a pretty good job on singing…:)

    D.... D....

    The actress hasn't learned the lines

    D.... D....

    She killed it in this movie. Billy Crystal said she was not nominated for an Oscar unfairly. This should of been her highest acting achievement. Thank you to The Golden Globes.

  20. A.... T....

    Wow lots of hate here and I'm not really sure why!! Evita s fucking dead leave her alone

    A.... T....

    She was a Nazi.

    A.... T....

    While her intentions were probably well meant and she just wanted a better life for those who grew up like her you cannot deny the fact that she went about it in the wrong way. She nearly ran the country in to the ground with all the money she just gave away. She was a hero in some ways but in others she was just ignorant and her ignorance almost destroyed Argentina

    A.... T....

    life&deaf i understand her. It might have been an intension but also just pure mind who wasn't aware of all of these life traps.

    A.... T....

    life&deaf Oh please, the amount she spent wasn't the issue. Her husband's regime was grossly wasteful - the money she used was literally the same money (plus donations and some extra cash) that was used by society women in the past.

    A.... T....

    People can't handle both women's enourmous attributes. Evita and Madonna. Very stout and empecabley tenacious

  21. z.... ....

    In reality Eva Perón is no nore than a glorified gold digging whore who later became the wife of a glorified facist dictator

    z.... ....

    +zxcvbnm2000coolness2 No different than modern day celebrities! I think the opposite, how cool that a woman who had no right or reason to be in politics did as much as she could for her people while she could, like a vigilante! I think it's awesome. You know how much money governments have, God forbid they give money to their struggling people without reason, kinda like how they take it from their people with no reason!

    z.... ....

    +zxcvbnm2000coolness2 "In reality"? Where are you getting this from? Sources please. Everything I know and read about her is completely different from what you're saying here.

  22. t.... ....

    Magaldi is the true, unsung hero of the musical Evita. Why?

    OK. He warns Evita of the dangers of the city. But she goes there anyway.
    And what happens? She tries to become an actress, but she's so shitty at it that she's forced to turn
    to whoring to survive and pay the bills.

    Eventually, she whores her way into the arms of a sterile dictator who, "madly in love", decides to marry her.

    Once in a position of power, Eva nearly cripples the entire Argentine economy by GIVING away free cash
    to working class families, instead of doing something more productive like educating them.

    This makes her very popular, and the poor fools treat her like some sort of female Robin Hood/Jesus figure.

    But of course, abroad, it's a different story. Both the pope in Rome, and the French and British governments reject her.
    So she sulks back home to her fans who still like her somewhat.

    And then she develops cancer and dies at 33. Only to be mummified and have her corpse stolen a few times, until it's put away for storage somewhere.

    So Magaldi was right. Bitch should've stayed at the cafe and continued to serve as his mattress.

    Everyone would've been better off.

    t.... ....

    +teppolundgren I find it funny that you made no mention about the fact that he didn't want her to go to Buenos Aires because of his family, not because he knew things would go down.

    He didn't care about her AND he didn't know that shit would go down. He wasn't a Seer, nor was he out to save anyone. It's was VERY obvious in the movie. He didn't want the fact that he slept with a 15 yo to be out in the open. That was why he didn't want her in Buenos Aires. So no, he's not the unsung hero in any manner or way. A hero is made only when the character does something positive. In no ways were his intentions noble.

    What's wrong with wanting more? She's been at the bottom. She wants more for people who are at the bottom. What is wrong with that? Or do you mean to say that only the people at the top are "worthy" of having a better life?

    In regards to your other post, Argentina's economy broke down because of the money she spent? We must be watching two very different movies. FYI, the money she gave out to the people was from her foundation, not the government.

    She can change a country IF SHE HAD MORE TIME. She was there for SIX years. You can't change shit in six years, especially when not everyone is working with you. Hello. Remember when the other people immediately shot down the idea of her being Vice President?

    Or were you not watching when people at the top (the so-called upper-classed and the privileged) were very obviously opposed to her?

    She's a HUMAN BEING FOR GOODNESS' SAKE. She isn't god.

    I wasn't mentioning Magaldi when I was talking about men. I meant the mentality as a whole. When men sleep around with women, they can boast it, but any woman who sleep with more than one man is automatically labeled a whore and a slut. It's rude and offensive.

    t.... ....

    HAHA! Well fuck...

    t.... ....

    @Vickie Porter
    I wouldn't mind that at all, Vickie.

    t.... ....

    I think that I'll teach it that way when I become a university professor. It'll keep the students attention.

    t.... ....

    In actuality, the real Eva Duarte never met Augustine Magaldi, according to the history books.

  23. b.... ....

    megaldi got kinda cut

  24. L.... K....

    big apple

    L.... K....

    i always got confused with New York ( which city is the Big Apple )

    L.... K....

    Buenos Aires is to Argentina as New York City is to the united States

  25. 2.... ....

    Jimmy Nail's voice in this is AMAZING, my favourite track because of him!

    2.... ....

    2BJasminRose yes! I totally agree

  26. S.... ....

    Best of the film! What a music!!! x )

  27. d.... ....

    And those who are not become what they should not become
    Changed, in short, they go bad.

  28. d.... ....

    never heard this song

    d.... ....

    Gotta watch the film musical.
    The whole movie is amazing every track is amazing in it's own rights

  29. R.... ....

    Me too! It's just too good!