Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
It won’t be easy, you’ll think it strangeWhen I try to explain how I feelThat I still need your love after all that I’ve doneYou won’t believe me, all you will see is a girl you once knewAlthough she’s dressed up to the ninesAt sixes and sevens with youI had to let it happen, I had to changeCouldn’t stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sunSo I chose freedom, running around trying everything newBut nothing impressed me at allI never expected it to
Don’t cry for me, ArgentinaThe truth is, I never left youAll through my wild days, my mad existenceI kept my promiseDon’t keep your distance
And as for fortune, and as for fameI never invited them inThough it seemed to the world they were all I desiredThey are illusions, they’re not the solutions they promised to beThe answer was here all the timeI love you, and hope you love meDon’t cry for me, Argentina
Don’t cry for me, ArgentinaThe truth is, I never left youAll through my wild days, my mad existenceI kept my promiseDon’t keep your distance
Don’t cry for me, ArgentinaThe truth is, I never left youAll through my wild days, my mad existenceI kept my promiseDon’t keep your distanceHave I said too much?There’s nothing more I can think of to say to youBut all you have to do is look at me to knowThat every word is true
Sinead O’Connor is a musician and activist.
