It's all very well to a certain extent
For the lady at the side of the president
To show an interest in our affairs
But let's not be blind to the drift of events
She's eclipsing the strength of the government
She should return to below stairs
She will never win a heart
She's a woman for a start
She holds no elected post
She's an ornamented host
What's new, Buenos Aires?
Your nation, which a few years ago
Had the second largest gold reserves in the world
Is bankrupt
A country which grew up and grew rich
And beef is rationing it
La Planza, one of the few newspapers
Which dares to oppose
Peronism has been silenced
And so have all other reasonable voices
I'll tell you what's new, Buenos Aires
But on the other hand
She's all they have
She's a diamond in their dull grey lives
And that's the hardest kind of stone
It usually is


She survives
And if you think about it
Can you recall
The last time they loved
Anyone at all?
She's not a bubble you can brush aside
She's been up doing what we've just talked about
Ignoring the world on its own



example, gave us back our businesses, got the English out. And when you think about
it, well, why not do one or two of the things we promised to? But on the other hand, she's
slowing down. She's lost a little of that magic drive, but I would not advise her critics
present to derive any satisfaction from her fading star. She's the one who's kept us where
we are.
She's the one who's kept you where you are.