Rita Moreno -
Those Magnificent MGM Musicals: "West Side Story" and "Silk Stockings" (Original Soundtracks)
America (From "Westside Story")
Puerto Rico, my hearts devotion
Let it sink back in the ocean
always the hurricanes blowing
always the population growing
And money owing and the babies crying and the neighbors steaming
I like the Island Manhattan
Smoke on your pipe and put that in
I like to be in America
ok by me in America
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America
buying on credit is so nice
one look at us and they charge twice
I have my own washing machine
what do you have to keep clean
skypraceprs bloomin america
cadillac zoom in america
industry boom in America
Twelve in a room in America
lots of new housing with more space
lots of doors slamming on our face
I'll get the terrace apartment
better get rid of your accent
life can be bright in America
if you can fight in America
life is alright in America
if you're all white in America
lalalalala America...
Here you are free and you have pride
long as you stay on your own side
free to say anything you choose
free to wait tables and shine shoes.
... America
organized crime in America
terrible time in America
you forget I'm in America
I think I go back to San Juan
I know a boat you can get on (bye bye)
everyone there will give big cheer!
everyone there would have moved here
... Ole!
Let it sink back in the ocean
always the hurricanes blowing
always the population growing
And money owing and the babies crying and the neighbors steaming
I like the Island Manhattan
Smoke on your pipe and put that in
I like to be in America
ok by me in America
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America
buying on credit is so nice
one look at us and they charge twice
I have my own washing machine
what do you have to keep clean
skypraceprs bloomin america
cadillac zoom in america
industry boom in America
Twelve in a room in America
lots of new housing with more space
lots of doors slamming on our face
I'll get the terrace apartment
better get rid of your accent
life can be bright in America
if you can fight in America
life is alright in America
if you're all white in America
lalalalala America...
Here you are free and you have pride
long as you stay on your own side
free to say anything you choose
free to wait tables and shine shoes.
... America
organized crime in America
terrible time in America
you forget I'm in America
I think I go back to San Juan
I know a boat you can get on (bye bye)
everyone there will give big cheer!
everyone there would have moved here
... Ole!
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein
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Other Album Tracks
- Overture (From "Westside Story")
- Prologue (From "Westside Story")
- Jet Song (From "Westside Story")
- Something's Coming (From "Westside Story")
- Maria (From "Westside Story")
- America (From "Westside Story")
- Tonight (From "Westside Story")
- Gee Officer Krupke! (From "Westside Story")
- I Feel Pretty (From "Westside Story")
- One Hand, One Heart (From "Westside Story")
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