![]() ![]() Tekst: Stephen Sondheim / Muziek: Leonard Bernstein (1961) ![]() ![]() 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 Girl: I know you do Anita: Smoke on your pipe and put that in ![]() Girls: I like to be in America Okay by me in America Ev’rything 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 Girl: I have my own washing machine Boy: What will you have though to keep clean ![]() Girl: Skyscrapers bloom in America Cadillac zoom in America Industry boom in America Boys: Twelve in a room in America ![]() Anita: Lots of new housing with more space Bernardo: Lots of door slamming in our face Anita: I’ll get a terrace apartment Bernardo: Better get rid of your accent ![]() Girl: Life can be bright in America Boys: If you can fight in America Girls: Life is alright in America Boys: If you’re all white in America ![]() Girls: Here you are free and you have pride Boys: Long as you stay on your own side Girls: Free to be anything you choose Boys: Free to wait tables and shine shoes ![]() Bernardo: Everywhere crime in America Organized crime in America Terrible time in America Anita: You forget I’m in America ![]() Bernardo: I think, I’d go back to San Juan Anita: I know a boat you can get on Girls: Bye bye Boys: Uh huh Bernardo: Everyone there will give big cheer Anita: Everyone there will have moved here ![]() ![]() |