America

[ANITA]
Puerto Rico
You lovely island
Island of tropical breezes
Always the pineapples growing
Always the coffee blossoms blowing

[WOMAN #1]
And the money owing

[WOMAN #2]
And the babies crying

[WOMAN #3]
And the people trying

[ANITA]
I like the island Manhattan

[ROSALÍA, spoken]
I know you do!

[ANITA]
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

[ANITA/LUZ/ROSALÍA]
I like to be in America

[ANITA/LUZ/ROSALÍA/ILLI/CONCHI/MONTSE]
Okay by me in America

[ANITA & ALL WOMEN]
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

[ROSALÍA]
I have my own washing machine

[BERNARDO]
What do you have though to keep clean?

[ANITA & WOMEN]
Skyscrapers bloom in America
Cadillacs zoom in America
Industry boom in America

[THE SHARKS]
Twelve in a room in America

[ANITA]
Lots of new housing with more space

[COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS]
Lots of doors slamming in our face!

[ANITA]
I'll get a terrace apartment

[BERNARDO]
Better get rid of your accent

[ANITA/ROSALÍA/LUZ]
Life can be bright in America

[BERNARDO/BRAULIO/QUIQUE]
If you can fight in America

[ANITA/ROSALÍA/LUZ]
Life is alright in America

[BERNARDO & THE SHARKS]
If you're all white in America

[THE SHARKS & WOMEN]
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

[BERNARDO & QUIQUE]
La la la la la la, America

[QUIQUE]
America

[THE SHARKS & WOMEN]
La la la la la la, America

[ANITA]
America

[ANITA & WOMEN]
Here you are free and you have pride

[BERNARDO & THE SHARKS]
'Long as you stay on your own side

[ANITA & WOMEN]
Free to do anything you choose

[BERNARDO & THE SHARKS]
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

[Instrumental]

[QUIQUE]
Hey, hey, hey!

[BERNARDO]
I think I go back to San Juan

[ANITA]
I know a boat you can get on!

[WOMEN, spoken]
Bye-bye!

[BERNARDO]
Everyone there will give big cheer!

[THE SHARKS]
Hey!

[ANITA]
Everyone there will have moved here

[ANITA & WOMEN]
Ow! Ow! Ow!
Ow! Ow! Ow!
Ow! Ow! Ow!

[THE SHARKS, WOMEN]
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!

[THE SHARKS & WOMEN]
Hey!
Hey!