A New Argentina

Dice are rolling, the knives are out

I see every bad sign in the book

And as far as they can—overweight to a man!

They have that lean and hungry look

It doesn't matter what those morons say

Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew

There's only twenty of them anyway

What is twenty next to millions who

Are looking to you?

All you have to do is sit and wait

Keeping out of everybody's way

We'll—

You'll be handed power on a plate

When the ones who matter have their say

And with chaos installed

You can reluctantly agree to be called

There again we could be foolish

Not to quit while we're ahead

For distance lends enchantment

And that is why

All exiles are distinguished

More important, they're not dead

I could find job satisfaction in Paraguay

Perón! Perón! Perón! Perón! Perón!

Perón! Perón! Perón! Perón! Perón! Perón!

This is crazy defeatist talk

Why commit political suicide?

There's no risk, there's no call for any action at all

When you have unions on your side

A new Argentina!

The chains of the masses untied!

A new Argentina!

The voice of the people

Cannot be denied!

There is only one man who can lead any workers' regime

He lives for your problems

He shares your ideals and your dream

He supports you, for he loves you

Understands you, is one of you

If not—how could he love me?

A new Argentina!

The old one has gone sadly wrong

A new Argentina!

The voice of the people

Rings out loud and long!

Now I am a worker, I've suffered the way that you do

I've been unemployed, and I've starved and I hated it too

But I found my salvation

In Perón—may the nation

Let him save them as he saved me

A new Argentina!

They'll all go along for the ride

The same old clichés

But let them have their freedom—

The free buy insecticide!

Nationalization of the industries

That the foreigners control

Participation in the profits that we make

Shorter hours, higher wages

Votes for women, larger dole

More public spending, a bigger slice of every cake

It's annoying that we have to

Fight elections for our cause

The inconvenience—having to get a majority

If normal methods of persuasion

Fail to win us applause

There are other ways of establishing authority

We have ways of making you vote for us

Or at least of making you abstain

Perón has resigned from the army and this we avow

The descamisados are those he is marching with now!

He supports you, for he loves you

Understands you—is one of you

If not—how could he love me?

A new Argentina!

The chains of the masses untied!

A new Argentina!

The voice of the people

Cannot be

And will not be

And must not be

Denied!

There again I could be foolish

Not to quit while I'm ahead

I can see me many miles away

Inactive

Sipping cocktails on a terrace

Taking breakfast in bed

Sleeping easy, doing crosswords

It's attractive

Don't think I don't think like you

I often get those nightmares too

They always take some swallowing

Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum

If it's you that you are following

Don't close doors

Keep an escape clause

Because we might lose

The Big Apple

But—

Would I have done what I did

If I hadn't thought

If I hadn't known

We would take the country?