America (Anita, Bernardo, the Sharks and Girls)

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, (I know you do)
Smoke on your pipe,
And put that in

I like to be in America,
Okay 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 will you have, though, to keep clean?

Skyscrapers bloom in America,
Cadillacs zoom in America,
Industry boom in America,
Twelve in a room in America

Lots of new housing with more space,
Lots of doors slamming in our face
I'll get a terrace apartment,
Better get rid of your accent

Life can be bright in America,
If you can fight in America
Life is all right in America,
If you're all-white in America

La, la, la America
America
La, la, la America
America

Here you are free and you have pride,
Long as you stay on your own side
Free to be anything you choose,
Free to wait tables and shine shoes

Everywhere grime in America,
Organised 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
And everyone there will give big cheer,
Everyone there would have moved here