Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Madonna
Performer
Jonathan Pryce
Performer
Antonio Banderas
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
Tim Rice
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Madonna
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Producer
David Reitzas
Mixing Engineer
Dick Lewzey
Engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Engineer
Robin Sellars
Engineer
Nigel Wright
Producer
Alan Parker
Producer
David Caddick
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Dice are rolling, the knives are out
Would-be presidents are all around
I don't say they mean harm
But they'd each give an arm
To see us six feet underground
[Verse 2]
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?
[Verse 3]
All you have to do is sit and wait
Keeping out of everybody's way
Well, 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
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Chorus]
A new Argentina
The chains of the masses untied
A new Argentina
The voice of the people
Cannot be denied
[Verse 6]
There is only one man who can lead any worker's 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?
[Chorus]
A new Argentina
The worker's battle song
A new Argentina
The voice of the people
Rings out loud and long
[Verse 7]
Now, I am a worker, I've suffered the way that you do
I've been unemployed, and I've starved, and I've hated it, too
But I found my salvation in Perón, may the nation
Let him save them as he saved me
[Chorus]
A new Argentina
A new age about to begin
A new Argentina
We face the world together
And no dissent within
[Verse 8]
There again we could be foolish
Not to quit while we're ahead
I can see us many miles away
Inactive
Sipping cocktails on a terrace
Taking breakfast in bed
Sleeping easy, doing nothing
It's attractive
[Verse 9]
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
[Bridge]
But would I have done what I did
If I hadn't thought, if I hadn't known
We would take the country?
[Verse 10]
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?
[Chorus]
A new Argentina
The chains of the masses untied
A new Argentina
The voice of the people
Cannot be and must not be denied
[Bridge]
How annoying that they have to fight elections for their cause
The inconvenience, having to get a majority
If normal methods of persuasion fail to win them applause
There are other ways of establishing authority
[Chorus]
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
Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
