
(Recorded in 1977 when Karen was just 27 years old.)
Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina
(Lyrics and music by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber)
It won’t be easy.
You’ll think it’s strange
When I try to explain how I feel,
That I still need your love
After all that I’ve done.
You won’t believe me.
All you will see is a girl you once knew,
Although she’s dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you.
I had to let it happen.
I had to change.
Couldn’t stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window,
Staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom.
Running around trying everything new,
But nothing impressed me at all.
I never expected it to.
Don’t cry for me, Argentina.
The truth is I never left you.
All through my wild days,
My mad existence,
I kept my promise.
Don’t keep your distance.
And as for fortune, and as for fame,
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world
They were all I desired,
They are illusions.
They’re not the solutions
They promised to be.
The answer was here all the time.
I love you and hope you love me.
Don’t cry for me, Argentina.
The truth is I never left you.
All through my wild days,
My mad existence,
I kept my promise.
Don’t keep your distance.
Have I said too much’
There’s nothing more
I can think of to say to you.
But all you have to do
Is look at me to know
That every word is true.