Sondheim Stephen 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, If the spit hits the fan, 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! ALL Oh, when the Jets fall in at the cornball dance, We'll be the sweetest dressin' gang in pants! And when the chicks dig us in our Jet black ties, They're gonna flip, gonna flop, gonna drop like flies! ACTION and BABY JOHN When you're a Jet, You're the top cat in town, You're the gold-metal kid With the heavyweight crown! A-RAB, ACTION, BIG DEAL 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 ev'ry 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! An' we're gonna beat Ev'ry last buggin' gang On the whole buggin' street! On the whole ever-mother-lovin' street! West Side Story 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 cannon-balling down thru 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, deliever To me. Will it be? Yes, it will. Maybe just by holding still, It'll be there! Come on something, come on in, don'tbe shy, Meet a guy, Pull up a chair! The air is humming, And something great is coming! Who knows? It's only just out of reach, Down the block, on a beach, Maybe tonight.... Maria TONY The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria... All the beautiful words of the world in a single word: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria... Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name Will never be the same To me. Maria! I've just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've 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! The most beautiful sound I ever heard. Maria. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- America Rosalia: Puerto Rico, You lovely island, Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing, Always the coffee blossom blowing. Anita: Puerto Rico, You ugly island, Island of tropic diseases. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the population growing, And the money owing, And the babies crying, And the bullets flying. I like the island Manhattan. Smoke on your pipe and put that in! Girls sans Rosalia: I like to be in America! O.K. by me in America! Ev'rything free in America For a small fee in America! R: I like the city of San Juan. A: I know a boat you can get on. R: Hundreds of flowers in full bloom. A: Hundreds of people in each room! Girls sans Rosalia: Automobile in America. Chromium steel in America. Wirespoke wheel in American, Very big deal in America! R: I'll drive a Buick through San Juan A: If there's a road you can drive on. R: I'll give my cousins a free ride. A: How you get all of them inside? Girls sans Rosalia: Immigrants goes to America. Many hellos in America. Nobody knows in American, Puerto Rico's in America! R: I'll bring a T.V. to San Juan. A: If there's a current to turn on! R: I'll give them new washing machine. A: What have they got there to keep clean? Girls sans Rosalia: I like the shores of America. Comfort is yours in America. Knobs on doors in American, Wall-to-wall floors in America! R: When I will go back to San Juan. A: When you will shut up and get gone! R: Ev'ryone there will give big cheer! A: Ev'ryone there will have moved here! Cool RIFF Boy, boy, crazy boy, Get cool, boy! Got a rocket in your pocket, Keep coolly 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 Schoolboy Just play it cool, boy, Real cool! JETS 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 Schoolboy... RIFF Just play it cool, boy, Real cool. 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; Even death won't part us now. Make of our lives one life, Day after day, one life. Now it begins, now we start One hand, one heart; Even death won't part us now. Tonight 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. 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! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Feel Pretty Maria: I feel pretty, Oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright, And I pity Any girl who isn't me tonight. 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, Wellbread and mature, And out of her mind! Miss America! Speech! 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! Girls: 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, Whommm? Whommm? Such a pretty smile, Such a pretty me! Whommm? I feel stunning And entrancing, Feel like running and dancing for joy, For I'm loved By a pretty wonderful boy! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ballet Sequence TONY And I'll take you away, take you far, far away out of here, Far, far away till the walls and the streets disappear. TONY and MARIA Somewhere there must be a place we can feel we're free, Somewhere there's got to be some place for you and for me. Somewhere There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere. 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! Somewhere. We'll find a new way of living, We'll find a way of forgiving Somewhere. There's a place for us, A time and place for us. Hold my hand and we're half way there. Hold my hand and I'll take you there Somehow, Someday, Somewhere! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gee, Officer Krupke KRUPKE (spoken) Hey, you! A-RAB (spoken) Who me? KRUPKE (spoken) Yeah, you! A-RAB (spoken) Why it is Officer Krupke, Baby John. BABY JOHN (spoken) Top of the evening, Officer Krupke. KRUPKE (spoken) I'll crack the top of your skulls if you punks don't stop when I whistle. SNOWBOY (spoken) Ya see, cops believe everything they read in the papers. ACTION (spoken) To them we ain't human. We're cruddy juvenile delinquents. So that's what we give 'em. SNOWBOY(imitating Krupke) (spoken) Hey, you! ACTION (spoken) Me, Officer Krupke? SNOWBOY (spoken) Yeah, you! Gimme one good reason for not dragging ya down the station house, ya punk. ACTION Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke, You gotta understand, It's just our bringin' up-ke That gets us out of hand. Our mothers all are junkies, Our fathers all are drunks. Golly Moses, natcherly we're punks! ACTION and QUARTET 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! ACTION There is good! ALL There is good, there is good, there is untapped good. Like inside, the worst of us is good. SNOWBOY (imitating Krupke) (spoken) That's a touchin' good story. ACTION (spoken) Lemme tell it to the world! SNOWBOY ("Krupke") (spoken) Just tell it to the judge. ACTION 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! DIESEL ("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 psychologic'ly disturbed! ACTION I'm disturbed! ALL We're disturbed, we're disturbed, We're the most disturbed, Like we're psychologic'ly disturbed. DIESEL ("Judge") (spoken) In the opinion of this court, this child is depraved on account he ain't had a normal home. ACTION (spoken) Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived! DIESEL ("Judge") (spoken) So take him to a headshrinker. ACTION My father is a bastard, My ma's an S.O.B. My grandpa's always plastered, My grandma pushes tea. My sister wears a mustache, My brother wears a dress. Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess! A-RAB ("Psychiatrist") Yes! Officer Krupke, you're really a slob. This boy don't need a doctor, just a good honest job. Society's played him a terrible trick, Und sociologic'ly he's sick! ACTION I am sick! ALL We are sick, we are sick, We are sick sick sick, Like we're sociologically sick! A-RAB ("Psychiatrist") (spoken) In my opinion, this child don't need to have his head shrunk at all. Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease! ACTION (spoken) Hey, I got a social disease! A-RAB ("Psychiatrist") (spoken) So take him to a social worker! ACTION Dear kindly social worker, They say go earn a buck, Like be a soda jerker, Which means like be a schmuck. It's not I'm anti-social, I'm only anti-work. Glory Osky, that's why I'm a jerk! BABY JOHN ("Social Worker") 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 him, he's no good! ACTION 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! DIESEL ("Judge") The trouble is he's crazy. A-RAB ("Psychiatrist") The trouble is he drinks. BABY JOHN ("Social Worker") The trouble is he's lazy. DIESEL ("Judge") The trouble is he stinks. A-RAB ("Psychiatrist") The trouble is he's growing. BABY JOHN ("Social Worker") The trouble is he's grown. ALL Krupke, we got troubles of our own! Gee, Officer Krupke, We're down on our knees, 'Cause no one wants a fella with a social disease Gee, Officer Krupke, What are we to do? Gee, Officer Krupke, Krup you! A Boy Like That, I Have A Love (a vertical line of **** indicates areas of the text where there is a substatial overlapping of differnet voices) ANITA A boy like that who'd 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 is 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 *And my heart *Is too strong, *For I belong *To him alone, to him alone. *One thing I know: *I am his, *I don't care what he is. *I don't know why it's so, *I don't want to know. * *ANITA *A boy like that who'd kill your brother, *Forget that boy and find another, *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! MARIA Oh, no, Anita, no, 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 ev'rything 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, Hot a thing I can do But hold him, 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!