Evita Soundtrack - 02. Oh What A Circus

Oh What A Circus - Madonna, Antonio Banderas - Music from the Motion Picture "Evita"

Lyrics:
[Che:]
Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Peron
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right

Oh what an exit, that's how to go
When they're ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Peron
It's quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
We've made the front page of all the world's papers today

But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling, hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?

She had her moments, she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying, "Eva Peron"
But that's all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
We're all gonna see and how, she did nothing for years

[Crowd:]
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
Hail, oh queen, mother of mercy
Our life, sweetness, and hope
Hail, hail, oh queen
To you we cry, exiled sons of Eve
To you we sigh, mourning and weeping
Oh clement, oh loving one

[Che:]
You let down your people Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
That's all they wanted, not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver

Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
And she's not coming back to you

Show business kept us all alive
Since seventeen October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamour's worn thin
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in

Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas, a prima donna's rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didn't say much, but she said it loud

Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you

[Crowd:]
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina Peron
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

[Eva:]
Don't cry for me Argentina
For I am ordinary, unimportant
And undeserving of such attention
Unless we all are, I think we all are
So share my glory, so share my coffin
So share my glory, so share my coffin

[Che:]
It's our funeral too

[anoldtoulon]

Never tire of these songs.
Madonna greatest performance in anything.
Antonio Bandera carried this movie with his (strong) character, accent and subtle acting.

[brianrankin]

Madonna won the Golden Globe for her performance, but was denied the Oscar. Such a shame..she deserved it!

[mf_is_legendary]

The second part is absolutely jaw dropping, the religious chant and then the drums that hit you right in the face, the beautiful chords are amazing… and Madonna’s part gets me so emotional… such an underrated movie and soundtrack.

[moncaman]

this sound track is just amazing.. I am so attached to these songs forever tingles all over...Antonio and Madonna are so great together

[benshew]

i always thought this movie was underrated. I enjoyed it

[davidmichaelcollins]

I grew up with all of this in the news. What a pleasure to see it played out by these professionals.

[patriciawhite]

Our daughters, very young, heard this as ‘don’t cry for me sargeant Tina ‘ I would explain that the words were wrong...

[kommaat]

Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
And she's not coming back to you
Show business kept us all alive
Since seventeen October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamour's worn thin
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in
Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas, a prima donna's rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didn't say much, but she said it loud
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you

[seanfrompittsburgh]

I heard this song the first time on a cassette tape in the back of a ford station wagon in the early 90s and I'll never forget the feeling

[jenniferspecht]

I love this story! Antonio and Madonna nailed this in their acting and singing.

[ArchRacheleBiancalani]

Banderas a man with so many talents <3

[phoenixflamingstar]

Love this musical. I know the whole thing by heart. <3 I used to listen to this musical over and over again on 2 cassette tapes back in the 90's. ^_^

[kaitlynmcbride]

I love "Evita"!!! It's one of my all-time favorite musicals!!!

[amabelbarlow]

I love Antonio Banderas, he's my favourite Spanish actor and his singing voice is beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[dittydat]

Antonio Banderas did a really good job singing this.

[esnpedron]

my mother used to like that movie so hard, oh mama i miss you so much

[edwardpayne]

Best soundtrack ever. I know it word for word (almost!)

[InsanityRena]

this song and waltz for eva and che are my favorite songs from this movie. love it. we watched it in spanish class!

[chrystiecastillo]

I love how this version is played in the milonga style, instead of the original tango. It fits perfectly with Ché's sarcasm!

[MariahGin]

Love this musical. Antonio Banderas as a really beautiful voice :)