Bernie Sanders’ Campaign as Told in Evita Lyrics
No, I’m not saying Bernie Sanders=Evita Peron, but his campaign story can definitely be told in the lyrics from Evita. Any day now, I can see him on a balcony…
I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You
It seems crazy but you must believe
There’s nothing calculated, nothing planned
Please forgive me if I seem naive
I would never want to force your hand
But please understand
I’d be good for you…
Twenty seconds after saying hello
Telling strangers I’m too good to miss
If I’m wrong I hope you’ll tell me so
But you really should know
I’d be good for you
I’d be surprisingly good for you.
When the Money Keeps Rolling In
When the money keeps rolling in you don’t ask how
Think of all the people guaranteed a good time now…
Would you like to try a college education?
Own your landlord’s house, take the family on vacation?…
Now cynics claim a little of the cash has gone astray
But that’s not the point my friends
When the money keeps rolling out you don’t keep books
You can tell you’ve done well by the happy grateful looks…
On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 2
And I promise you this
We will take the riches from the oligarchs only for
you—for all of you! And one day you will inherit these
treasures!
Descamisados! When they fire those cannons,
when the crowds sing of glory, it is not just for Peron
Sanders, but for all of us! All of us!
Rainbow High
I need to be thrilling, I want to be Rainbow High
They need their escape, and so do I…
All my descamisados expect me to outshine the enemy
I won’t disappoint them
I’m their savior, that’s what they call me…
High Flying Adored
High flying, adored, what happens now, where do you
go from here?
For someone on top of the world, the view is not exactly
Clear…
You won’t care if they love you, it’s been done before
You’ll despair if they hate you
You’ll be drained of all energy
Rainbow Tour
Now I don’t like to spoil a wonderful story
But the news from Rome isn’t quite as good
She hasn’t gone down like we thought she would
More bad news from Rome she met with the Pope
She only got a rosary a kindly word
I wouldn’t say the Holy Father gave her him the bird
And, the theme of today’s Bernie speech in New York “Where Do We Go From Here,” was what inspired me to review the Evita lyrics—interestingly, that phrase is from the song You Must Love Me.
You Must Love Me
Where do we go from here?
This isn’t where we intended to be.
We had it all
You believed in me
I believed in you
Certainties disappear
What do we do for our dream to survive
How do we keep all our passions alive
As we used to do?
Deep in my heart I’m concealing
Things that I’m longing to say
Scared to confess what I’m feeling
Frightened you’ll slip away
You must love me
You must love me
Why are you at my side?
How can I be any use to now?
Give me a chance and I’ll let you see how
Nothing has changed.
Deep in my heart I’m concealing
Things that I’m longing to say
Scared to confess what I’m feeling
Frightened you’ll slip away
You must love me
And my final thoughts on the Bernie phenomenon?
The Actress Hasn’t Learned (The Lines You’d Like To Hear)
Forgive my intrusion but fine as those sentiments sound
Little has changed for us peasants down here on the
ground
I hate to sound childish, ungrateful, I don’t like to moan
But do you now represent anyone’s cause but your own
OK, remaining Bernie fans—don’t get mad—just having a bit of fun. But I sincerely think it’s time for him to concede, endorse, and work hard to make sure Hillary gets elected.