Don't Cry for Me Argentina

Don't Cry for Me Argentina from Evita is featured in Special Education, the ninth episode of Season Two. There are two versions of this song both of which are sung as solos, one by Kurt and one by Rachel.

In the episode, the two versions are intercut. Rachel sings the song to help Kurt with an audition for a solo at Sectionals. Kurt then sings this song at his audition, but doesn't win the solo. Blaine tells Kurt he didn't get it because he tried too hard to be unique while the Warblers are all about teamwork and not individualism.

Lyrics[]

Rachel:
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

Kurt:
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

Rachel:
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Kurt:
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you

Rachel:
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise

Kurt:
Don't keep your distance
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is

Rachel:
I never left you
All through my wild days

Kurt:
My mad existence

Rachel:
I kept my promise

Kurt:
Don't keep your distance

Rachel:
Have I said too much?

Kurt:
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do

Rachel:
Is look at me to know

Kurt and Rachel:
That every word is

Kurt:
True!

Rachel:
True!

Kurt/Rachel:
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 too

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 promise 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 to 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

Trivia[]

This is the second song that Rachel and Kurt have released separate versions for. The first one being Defying Gravity in Wheels and the third one being Bring Him Home in Diva.
- This is the only one that they sing at different locations.
- This is the only one that wasn't used in a diva-off.