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West Side Story
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Music by Leonard Bernstein
JET SONG
(Riff)
When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day!
When you're a Jet,
Let them do what they can
You got brothers around
You're a family man!
You're never alone
You're never disconnected
You're home with your own -
When company's expected,
You're well protected!
Then you are set
With a capital J
Which you'll never forget
Till they cart you away
When you're a Jet,
You stay
A Jet
Now I know Tony like I know me and I guarantee you can count him in
(Action)
In, out, let's get crackin'
(Gee-Tar)
Where you gonna find Bernardo?
(Riff)
He'll be at the dance tonight at the gym
(A-Rab)
Yeah but the gym's neutral territory
(Riff)
A-Rab I'm gonna make nice with him! I'm only gonna challenge him.
(Ice)
Great, Daddy-o!
(Riff)
So listen, everybody dress up sweet and sharp. Meet me and Tony at
the dance at ten. And walk tall!
(A-Rab)
We always walk tall!
(Baby John)
We're Jets!
(Action)
The greatest!
(Snowboy)
When you're a Jet,
You're the top cat in town
You're the gold medal kid
With the heavyweight crown!
(Ice)
When you're a Jet,
You're the swingin'est thing
Little boy, you're a man
Little man, you're a king!
(All)
The Jets are in gear
Our cylinders are clickin'
The Sharks'll steer clear
'Cause every Puerto Rican's a lousy chicken
Here come the Jets
Like a bat out of hell
Someone gets in our way
Someone don't feel so well
Here come the Jets
Little world, step aside
Better go underground
Better run, better hide
We're drawin' the line
So keep your noses hidden
We're hangin' a sign
Says: visitors forbidden
And we ain't kiddin'
Here come the Jets
Yeah, and we're gonna beat
Every last buggin' gang
On the whole buggin' street
On the whole...
Buggin'...
Ever...
Lovin'...
Street...
Yeah
SOMETHING'S COMING
(Tony)
Could be
Who knows?
There's something due any day
I will know right away
Soon as it shows
It may come cannonballin' down through the sky
Gleam in its eye
Bright as a rose!
Who knows?
It's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach
Under a tree
I got a feeling there's a miracle due
Gonna come true
Coming to me
Could it be?
Yes it could
Something's coming
Something good
If I can wait
Something's coming I don't know what it is
But it is
Gonna be great!
With a click
With a shock
Phone'll jingle
Door'll knock
Open the latch!
Something's coming, don't know when
But it's soon
Catch the moon
One handed catch
Around the corner
Or whistling down the river
Come on - deliver
To me
Will it be? Yes it will
Maybe just by holding still
It'll be there!
Come on, something, come on in
Don't be shy
Meet a guy
Pull up a chair
The air is hummin'
And something great is coming
Who knows
It's only just
Out of reach
Down the block, on a beach
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight...
MARIA
(Tony)
The most beautiful sound I ever heard
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word
Maria
I just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
Maria
I just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I found
How wonderful a sound
Can be
Maria
Say it loud and there's music playing
Say it soft and it's almost like praying
Maria
I'll never stop saying
Maria
Maria, Maria...
Maria
Say it loud and there's music playing
Say it soft and it's almost like praying
Maria
I'll never stop saying
Maria
The most beautiful sound I ever heard
Maria
AMERICA
(ANITA)
Puerto Rico
My heart's devotion
Let it sink back in the ocean
Always the hurricanes blowing
Always the population growing
And the money owing
And the sunlight streaming
And the natives steaming
I like the island Manhattan
Smoke on your pipe
And put that in!
(Girls)
I like to be in America
Okay by me in America
Everything free in America
(Bernado)
For a small fee in America
(Anita)
Buying on credit is so nice
(Bernardo)
One look at us and they charge twice
(Rosalia)
I'll have my own washing machine
(Indio)
What will you have though to keep clean?
(Anita)
Skyscrapers bloom in America
(Rosalia)
Cadillacs zoom in America
(Teresita)
Industry boom in America
(Boys)
Twelve in a room in America
(Anita)
Lots of new housing with more space
(Bernardo)
Lots of doors slamming in our face
(Anita)
I'll get a terrace apartment
(Bernardo)
Better get rid of your accent
(Anita)
Life can be bright in America
(Boys)
If you can fight in America
(Girls)
Life is all right in America
(Boys)
If you're all white in America
(Girls)
Here you are free and you have pride
(Boys)
Long as you stay on your own side
(Girls)
Free to be anything you choose
(Boys)
Free to wait tables and shine shoes
(Bernardo)
Everywhere grime in America
Organized crime in America
Terrible time in America
(Anita)
You forget I'm in America
(Bernardo)
I think I'll go back to San Juan
(Anita)
I know what boat you can get on
(Bernerdo)
Everyone there will give big cheers
(Anita)
Everyone there will have moved here
TONIGHT
(Maria)
Only you, you're the only thing I'll see forever
In my eyes in my words and in everything I do
Nothing else but you
Ever
(Tony)
And there's nothing for me but Maria
Every sight that I see is Maria
(Maria)
Tony, Tony
(Tony)
Always you, every thought I'll ever know
Everywhere I go you'll be
(Both)
All the world is only you and me
(Maria)
Tonight, tonight
It all began tonight
I saw you and the world went away
Tonight, tonight
There's only you tonight
What you are, what you do, what you say
(Tony)
Today, all day I had the feeling
A miracle would happen
I know now I was right
(Both)
For here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight
Tonight, tonight
The world is full of light
With suns and moons all over the place
Tonight, tonight
The world is wild and bright
Going mad
Shooting sparks into space
Today, the world was just an address
A place for me to live in
No better than all right
But here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight
Good night, good night
Sleep well and when you dream
Dream of me
Tonight
GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE
(Tiger imitating Krupke)
Hey you!
(Riff)
Who me, Officer Krupke?
(Tiger imitating Krupke)
Yeah you, gimme one good reason for not draggin' ya down the station
house, ya punk!
(Riff)
Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke
You gotta understand
It's just our bringin' upke
That gets us out of hand
Our mothers all are junkies
Our fathers all are drunks
Golly Moses, natcherly we're punks
(All)
Gee, Officer Krupke
We're very upset
We never had the love
That every child oughta get
We ain't no delinquents
We're misunderstood
Deep down inside us there is good
(Riff)
There is good!
(All)
There is good, there is good
There is untapped good
Like inside, the worst of us is good
(Tiger imitating Krupke)
That's a touching good story
(Riff)
Lemme tell it to the world!
(Tiger imitating Krupke)
Just tell it to the judge
(Riff)
Dear kindly Judge, your Honor
My parents treat me rough
With all their marijuana
They won't give me a puff
They didn't wanna have me
But somehow I was had
Leapin' lizards, that's why I'm so bad
(Snowboy imitating Judge)
Right! Officer Krupke
You're really a square
This boy don't need a judge
He needs an analyst's care
It's just his neurosis
That oughta be curbed
He's psychologically disturbed
(Riff)
I'm disturbed
(All)
We're disturbed, we're disturbed
We're the most disturbed
Like we're psychologically disturbed
(Snowboy imitating Judge)
Hear ye, hear ye. In the opinion of this court, this child is depraved on
account he ain't had a normal home.
(Riff)
Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived!
(Snowboy imitating Judge)
So take him to a headshrinker. You!
(Action)
Who me?
(Riff)
My daddy beats my mommy
My mommy clobbers me
My grandpa is a commie
My grandma pushes tea
My sisters wears a mustache
My brother wears a dress
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess
(Action imitating Headshrinker)
Yes, Officer Krupke
He shouldn't be here
This boy don't need a couch
He needs a usefully career
Society's played him a terrible trick
And sociologically he's sick
(Riff)
I am sick!
(All)
We are sick, we are sick
We are sick sick sick
Like we're sociologically sick
(Action imitating Headshrinker)
In my opinion, this child does not need to have his head shrunk at all.
Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease.
(Riff)
Hey, I got a social disease!
(Action imitating Headshrinker)
So take him to a social worker
(Riff)
Dear kindly social worker
They tell me get a job
Like be a soda jerker
Which means I'd be a slob
It's not I'm antisocial
I'm only anti-work
Glory Osky, that's why I'm a jerk
(A-Rab)
Eek, Officer Krupke
You've done it again
This boy don't need a job
He needs a year in the pen
It ain't just a question of misunderstood
Deep down inside he's no good
(Riff)
I'm no good
(All)
We're no good, we're no good
We're no earthly good
Like the best of us is no damn good
The trouble is he's lazy
The trouble is he drinks
The trouble is he's crazy
The trouble is he stinks
The trouble is he's growing
The trouble is he's grown
Officer Krupke
We're down on our knees
(Riff)
'Cause no one wants a fella
With a social disease
(All)
Dear Officer Krupke
What are we to do?
Gee, Officer Krupke
Krup you!
I FEEL PRETTY
(Maria)
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and gay
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today
I feel charming
Oh so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I'm real
See the pretty girl in that mirror there?
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!
I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running
And dancing for joy
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy
(Girls)
Have you met my good friend Maria
The craziest girl on the block?
You'll know her the minute you see her
She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock
She thinks she's in love
She thinks she's in Spain
She isn't in love
She's merely insane
It must be the heat
Or some rare disease
Or too much to eat
Or maybe it's fleas
Keep away from her
Send for Chino
This is not the Maria we know
Modest and pure
Polite and refined
Well-bred and mature
And out of her mind!
Miss America, Miss America, speech!
Miss America, bravo, speech!
(Maria)
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
That the city should give me its key
A committee
Should be organized to honor me
I feel dizzy
I feel sunny
I feel fizzy and funny and fine
And so pretty
Miss America can just resign
See the pretty girl in that mirror there
(What mirror, where?)
Who can that attractive girl be?
(Which, what, where, whom?)
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!
(All)
I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy
ONE HAND, ONE HEART
(Tony)
Make of our hands one hand
Make of our hearts one heart
Make of our vows one last vow
Only death will part us now
(Maria)
Make of our lives one life
Day after day one life
(Both)
Now it begins, now we start
One hand, one heart
Only death will part us now
QUINTET
(Jets)
The Jets are gonna have their day
Tonight
The Jets are gonna have their way
Tonight
The Puerto Ricans grumble
'Fair fight'
But if they start a rumble
We'll rumble'em right
(Sharks)
We're gonna hand'em a surprise
Tonight
We're gonna cut'em down to size
Tonight
We said 'OK no rumpus
No tricks'
But just in case they jump us
We're ready to mix
Tonight
(Jets)
We're gonna rock it tonight
We're gonna jazz it up
And have us a ball
(Sharks)
They're gonna get it tonight
The more they turn it on
The harder they'll fall
(Jets)
Well they began it
(Sharks)
Well they began it
(Jets and Sharks) Tonight
(Anita)
Anita's gonna get her kicks
Tonight
We'll have our private little mix
Tonight
He'll walk in hot and tired
Poor dear!
Don't matter if he's tired
As long as he's near
Tonight
(Tony)
Tonight, tonight
Won't be just any night
Tonight there will be no morning star
Tonight, tonight
I'll see my love tonight
And for us stars will stop
Where they are
(Maria)
Today the minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly
And still the sky is light
Oh moon
Grow bright
And make this endless day
Endless night
(Jets)
The Jets are coming out on top
Tonight
We're gonna watch Bernardo drop
Tonight
That Puerto Rican punk'll
Go down
And when he's hollered Uncle
We'll tear up the town
(Riff)
We'll be backing you boy
(Ice)
Right
(Riff)
You're gonna flat him good
(Ice)
Right
(Maria)
Tonight, tonight
Won't be just any night
Tonight there will be no morning star
Tonight, tonight
I'll see my love tonight
And for us stars will stop
Where they are
SHARKS
We're gonna rock it tonight
We're gonna jazz it tonight
They're gonna get it tonight
Tonight
(Anita)
Tonight,
Late tonight
We're gonna mix it tonight
(Jets and Sharks)
But they began it
They began it
They began it
(Tony and Maria)
Tonight the minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly
And still the sky is light
Oh moon
Grow bright
And make this endless day
Endless night...
(Anita)
Tonight
Anita's gonna have her day
Bernardo's gonna have his way...
(Jets and Sharks)
And we're the ones to stop'em once and for all
The Jets/The Sharks are gonna have their way
The Jets/The Sharks are gonna have their day
We're gonna rock it tonight...
(All)
...Tonight
SOMEWHERE
(Tony)
There's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere
(Maria)
There's a time for us
Some day a time for us
Time together
With time to spare
Time to look
Time to care
Someday
(Tony)
Somewhere
We'll find a new way of living
(Maria)
We'll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere
(Both)
There's a place for us
A time and place for us
Hold my hand
And we're halfway there
Hold my hand
And I'll take you there
Somehow
Someday
Somewhere
COOL
(Action)
I swear the next creep who calls me hoodlum...
(Ice)
You'll laugh. Yeah, now you all better dig this and dig it good. No matter
who or what is eatin' at you, man you show it and you are dead. You
are cuttin' a hole in yourselves for them to stick in a red hot umbrella and
open it. Wide. You wanna live in this lousy world? You play it cool.
(Action)
I wanna get even!
(Ice)
Get cool!
(A-Rab)
I wanna bust!
(Ice)
Bust cool!
(Action)
I wanna go!
(Ice)
Go cool!
Boy, boy, crazy boy
Get cool, boy
Got a rocket in your pocket
Keep cooly cool boy
Don't get hot
'Cause man you got
Some high times ahead
Take it slow
And Daddy-o
You can live it up and die in bed
Boy, boy, crazy boy
Stay loose, boy
Breeze it
Buzz it
Easy does it
Turn off the juice, boy
Go man, go
But not like a yo-yo school boy
Just play it cool, boy
Real cool
Boy, boy, crazy boy
Stay loose, boy
Breeze it
Buzz it
Easy does it
Turn off the juice, boy
Just play it cool, boy
Real cool
A BOY LIKE THAT / I HAVE A LOVE
(Anita)
A boy like that
Would kill your brother
Forget that boy
And find another
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind
A boy like that
Will give you sorrow
You'll meet another boy tomorrow
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind
A boy who kills cannot love
A boy who kills has no heart
And he's the boy
Who gets your love
And gets your heart
Very smart, Maria, very smart
A boy like that
Wants one thing only
And when he's done
He'll leave you lonely
He'll murder your love
He murdered mine
Just wait and see
Just wait Maria
Just wait and see
(Maria)
Oh no Anita, no
Anita no
It isn't true, not for me
It's true for you, not for me
I hear your words
And in my head
I know they're smart
But my heart, Anita
But my heart
Knows they're wrong
You should know better
You were in love
Or so you said
You should know better
I have a love and it's all that I have
Right or wrong, what else can I do?
I love him, I'm his
And everything he is
I am too
I have a love, and it's all that I need
Right or wrong, and he needs me too
I love him, we're one
There's nothing to be done
Not a thing I can do
But hold him and hold him forever
Be with him now, tomorrow
And all of my life
(Both)
When love comes so strong
There is no right or wrong
Your love is your life