Listen to On This Night of a Thousand Stars / Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julie Covington & Tony Christie

On This Night of a Thousand Stars / Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julie Covington & Tony Christie

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Keyboards

Julie Covington

Julie Covington

Vocals

Tony Christie

Vocals

David Hamilton Smith

David Hamilton Smith

Vocals

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

Brian Odgers

Bass Guitar

Mo Foster

Bass Guitar

Tony Stevens

Bass Guitar

Barry Morgan

Percussion

Peter Van Hooke

Peter Van Hooke

Percussion

Simon Phillips

Percussion

Hank B. Marvin

Guitar

Henry McCulloch

Henry McCulloch

Guitar

Joe Moretti

Guitar

Neil Hubbard

Guitar

Ray Russell

Guitar

David Snell

Harp

Ann Odell

Keyboards

Mike Moran

Keyboards

Brian Byrne

Vocals

Christopher Neil

Christopher Neil

Vocals

David Hemmings

Vocals

Jean Hawker

Vocals

Larry Walker

Vocals

Laura Manara

Vocals

Mike D'Abo

Vocals

Mike Smith

Vocals

Nicky Hamilton

Vocals

Roy Wood

Vocals

Stephanie De Sykes

Stephanie De Sykes

Vocals

Terry Wood

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Composer

Tim Rice

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Producer

Tim Rice

Producer

David Land

Executive Producer

Dennis Blackham

Dennis Blackham

Mastering Engineer

David Hamilton Smith

David Hamilton Smith

Engineer

Anton Matthews

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jeremy Gee

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

On this night of a thousand stars

Let me take you to heaven's door

Where the music of love's guitars

Plays forevermore

In the glow of those twinkling lights

We shall love through eternity

On this night in a million nights

Fly away with me

I never dreamed that a kiss

Could be as sweet as this

But now I know that it can

I used to wander alone

Without a love of my own

I was a desperate man

But all my grief disappeared

And all the sorrow I feared

Wasn't there anymore

On that magical day

When you first came my way, mi amor

On this night

On this night

On this night of a thousand stars

Let me take you to heaven's door

Where the music of love's guitar

Plays for evermore!

It must be a dream

Augustin Magaldi

The most famous man to visit Junín

The audience seem

Extremely heavy going—

Listen chum face the fact

They don't like your act

But this is the sticks!

If this were Buenos Aires

I'd have that town at my feet

I never ever meet members of the public

They tear me apart

I understand their feelings

I wanna be a part of BA

Buenos Aires—Big Apple!

I wanna be a part of BA

Buenos Aires—Big Apple!

Just listen to that!

They're onto you Magaldi

I'd get out while you can

It's happened at last

I'm starting to get started

I'm moving out with my man

Now Eva, don't get carried away

Monotony past

Suburbia departed

Who could ever be fond of the back of beyond?

Don't hear words that I didn't say

What's that? You'd desert the girl you love?

The girl I love? Who?

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

I wanna be a part of BA

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?

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

The city can be paradise for those who have the cash

The class and the connection—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—

Screw the middle classes

I will never accept them

And they will never deny me anything again

My father's other family were middle class

And we were kept out of sight—hidden from view at his funeral!

If these are the people of Buenos Aires

I welcome the chance to shine in their city

And to trample their rotten values into the ground

Do all your one night stands give you this trouble?

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

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 wanna be a part of BA

Buenos Aires—Big Apple!

I wanna be a part of BA

Buenos Aires—Big Apple!

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

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 BA

Buenos Aires—Big Apple!

I'm gonna be a part of BA

Buenos Aires—Big Apple!

Eva, beware your ambition

It's hungry and cold—can't be controlled, will run wild

This in a man is a 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!

Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice

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