Текст песни Lament - David Essex , Elaine Paige

The choice was mine and mine completely
I could have any prize that I desired
I could burn with the splendor of the brightest fire
Or else... or else I could choose time

Remember I was very young then
And a year was forever and a day
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
I saw the lights and I was on my way

And how I lived!
How they shone!
But how soon the lights were gone!

The choice is yours and no one else's
You can cry for a body in despair
Hang your head because she is no
longer there
to shine to dazzle to betray

Or else or else you could be grateful
Once the flash and the fantasy are cold
That her stars did not allowed her to grow old
But I, I will tell you what to say

Oh my daughter! Oh my son!
Understand what I have done

Eyes, hair, face, image
All must be preserved
Still life displayed forever
No less than she deserved

Money was raised for a tomb
A monument to Evita
Only the pedestal is completed
When Evita's body disappeared for 17 years