America (From "West Side Story")
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 -
BERNARDO
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.
JUANO
What will you have, though, to keep clean?
ANITA
Skyscrapers bloom in America.
ANOTHER GIRL
Cadillacs zoom in America.
ANOTHER GIRL
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 AND THREE GIRLS
Life can be bright in America.
BERNARDO
If you can fight in America.
ALL GIRLS
Life is all right in America.
ALL BOYS
If you're all white in America.
(an interlude of WHISTLING and DANCING)
ANITA AND CONSUELO
Here you are free and you have pride.
BERNARDO
Long as you stay on your own side.
ANITA
Free to be anything you choose.
ALL 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.
(An interlude of MORE DANCING)
BERNARDO
I think I go back to San Juan
ANITA
I know a boat you can get on.
BERNARDO
Everyone there will give big cheer.
ANITA
Everyone there will have moved here.
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 -
BERNARDO
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.
JUANO
What will you have, though, to keep clean?
ANITA
Skyscrapers bloom in America.
ANOTHER GIRL
Cadillacs zoom in America.
ANOTHER GIRL
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 AND THREE GIRLS
Life can be bright in America.
BERNARDO
If you can fight in America.
ALL GIRLS
Life is all right in America.
ALL BOYS
If you're all white in America.
(an interlude of WHISTLING and DANCING)
ANITA AND CONSUELO
Here you are free and you have pride.
BERNARDO
Long as you stay on your own side.
ANITA
Free to be anything you choose.
ALL 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.
(An interlude of MORE DANCING)
BERNARDO
I think I go back to San Juan
ANITA
I know a boat you can get on.
BERNARDO
Everyone there will give big cheer.
ANITA
Everyone there will have moved here.
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Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein
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