Antonio Banderas - The Lady’s Got Potential lyrics

In June of forty-three there
Was a military coup
Behind it was a gang called the GOU
Who did not feel the need to be elected

They had themselves a party at
The point of a gun
They were slightly to the right
Of Attila the Hun
A bomb or two and very few objected

Yeah, just one shell and governments
Fall like flies, kapow, die
They stumble and fall, bye bye
Backs to the wall, aim high
We're having a ball
The tank and bullet rule as democracy dies
The lady's got potential
She was setting her sights
On making it in movies with
Her name in lights
The greatest social climber since Cinderella

OK, she couldn't act but she
Had the right friends
And we all know a career depends
On knowing the right fella to be stellar

Yeah, just one shell and governments
Lose their nerve, kapow, die
They stumble and fall, bye bye
Backs to the wall, aim high
We're having a ball
That's how we get the government we deserve

Now the man behind the
President calling the shots
Involved so discreetly in a
Lot of their plots
Was Colonel Juan Peron, would-be dictator

He began in the army out in Italy so
Saw Mussolini's rise from the very front row
I reckon he'd do likewise sooner or later

Yeah, just one blast and the tear
Gas falls like rain, kapow, die
They haven't a chance, bye bye
The terrorists advance
But one guy doesn't dirty his hands
Peron was biding time out in the slow lane
Yeah, suddenly an earthquake hit the
Town of San Juan, kapow, die
They stumble and fall, bye bye
Keep away from the wall
But one guy was having a ball
The tragedy, a golden chance for Peron

He organized a concert with incredible flair
In aid of all the victims
Such a grand affair
Politicians, actors, stars of every flavor

It was January twenty-second, 1944
A night to remember, yeah, that's for sure
For that's the night that
Peron first met Eva
For that's the night that
Peron first met Eva