West Side Story
JET SONG
RIFF: When you' re a Jet
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To you last dyin' day.
When you're a Jet
If the shit 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!
I know Tony like I know me. I guarantee you
Can count him in.
ACTION: In, out, let's get crackin'
A-RAB: Where you're gonna find Bernardo?
RIFF: At the dance tonight at the gym
BIG DEAL: But the gym is neutral territory.
RIFF (innocently): I'm gonna make nice there! I'm
only gonna challenge him.
A-RAB: Great Daddy-O!
RIFF: so everybody dress up sweet and sharp and
meet Tony and me at ten.
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!
(They dance together a little wild )
RIFF: Hey, Cool! Easy. Sweet. See ya. And walk tall!
(He runs off)
A-RAB: We always walk tall!
BABY JOHN: We're Jets!
ACTION: The greatest!
ACTION and BABY JOHN:
When you're a Jet
You're the top cat in town
You're the gold-medal kid
With the heavyweight crown!
A-RAB, ACTION and BIG DEAL:
When you're a Jet
You're the swingingest thing
Little boy, you're a man
Little man, you're a king
ALL:
The Jets are in gear.
Our cylinders are clicking
The Sharks'll stay 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
TONY:
Could be!
Who knows?
There's something due any day
I will know, right away
Soon as it shows
It may come connanballing down
Through the sky
Gleam in its eye, bright as 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, comin' to me...
Could it be, yes, it could
Something's comin', something good
If I can wait!
Something's comin',
I don't know what it is
But it is gonna be great!
With a click, with a shock ,
Phone'll jingle, door will knock,
Open the latch!
Something's comin',
Don't know when
But it's soon
Catch the moon,
One-handed catch!
Around the corner,
Or whistlin' down the river
Come on, deliver to me!
Will it be?
Yes, it will!
Maybe just by holding still,
It'll be there!
Come on, something,
Come on in,
Don't be 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...
Maybe tonight...
Maybe tonight...!
Maria
Maria . .
The most beautiful sound I ever heard:
Maria. Maria. Maria. Maria...
All the beautiful sounds 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...
MARIA:
Only you, you're the only thing I'll see forever.
In my eyes, in my words and in ev'rything I do,
Nothing else but you.
Ever!
TONY:
And there's nothing for me but Maria,
Ev'ry sight that I see is Maria.
MARIA:
Tony. Tony...
TONY:
Always you, ev'ry thought I'll ever know, MARIA:
Ev'rywhere I go, you'll be, you and me! All the world is only you and me!
(They kiss)
Tonight, tonight,
It all began tonight,
I saw you and the world went away.
Tonight, tonight,
There's only you tonight,
What you are, what you do, what you say.
Today, all day I had the feeling
A miracle would happen.
I know now I was right.
For here you are,
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight!
BOTH:
Tonight. tonight,
The world is full of light,
With suns and moons all over the place.
Tonight, tonight,
The world is wild and bright.
Going mad, shooting sparks into space.
Today the world was just an address.
A place for me to live in,
No better than all right,
But here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight!
(They kiss. Maria goes inside.)
TONY:
Tonight! Tonight!
It all began tonight
I saw you and the world went away
BOTH:
Good night, good night,
Sleep well and when you dream,
Dream of me...
Tonight!
ROSALIA
Puerto Rico...
You lovely island ...
Island of tropical breezes
Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing...
ANITA (mockingly):
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!
OTHERS (except Rosalia):
I like to be in America!
Okay by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America
ROSALIA:
I like the city of San Juan
ANITA:
I know a boat you can get on.
ROSALIA:
Hundreds of flowers in full bloom.
ANITA:
Hundreds of people in each room!
ALL (except Rosalia):
Automobile in America,
Chromium steel in America,
Wire-spoke wheel in America,
Very big deal in America!
ROSALIA:
I'll drive a Buick through San Juan.
ANITA:
If there's a road you can drive on!
ROSALIA:
I'll give my cousins a free ride
ANITA:
How can you get all of them inside?
ALL (except Rosalia):
Immigrant goes to America,
Many hellos in America,
Nobody knows in America,
Puerto Rico's in America!
(The girls dance around Rosalia.)
ROSALIA:
I'll bring a TV to San Juan.
ANITA:
If there's a current to turn on!
ROSALIA:
I'll give them new washing machine.
ANITA:
What have they got there to keep clean?
ALL (except Rosalia):
I like the shores of America!
Comfort is yours in America!
Knobs on the doors in America,
Wall-to-wall floors in America!
(They dance)
ROSALIA:
When I will go back to San Juan -
ANITA:
When you will shut up and get gone!
ROSALIA:
Ev'ryone there will give big cheer!
ANITA:
Ev'ryone there will have moved here!
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!
FUGUE
(Frenetic dance)
JETS:
Boy, boy, crazy boy.
Stay loose, boy! etc.
Schoolboy...
RIFF:
Just play it cool, boy,
Real cool!
TONY: I, Anton, take thee, Maria...
MARIA: I, Maria, take thee, Anton...
TONY: For richer, for poorer...
MARIA: In sickness and in health...
TONY: To love and to honor...
MARIA: To hold and to keep...
TONY: From each sun to each moon...
MARIA: From tomorrow to tomorrow...
TONY: From now to forever...
MARIA: Till death do us part.
TONY: With this ring, I thee wed.
MARIA: With this ring, I thee wed.
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.
(They rise and slowly put the mannequins back
into position.)
BOTH: 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.
9. Quintet
RIFF:
The Jets are gonna have their day
Tonight
BERNARDO:
The Sharks are gonna have their way
Tonight
RIFF:
The Puerto Ricans grumble,
"Fair fight"
But if they start a rumble,
We'll rumble 'em right
SHARKS:
We're gonna hand 'em a surprise
Tonight
JETS:
We're gonna cut 'em down to size
Tonight
SHARKS:
We said "O. K. no rumpus,
No tricks."
But just in case they jump us.
We're ready to mix.
Tonight!
BOTH:
We're gonna rock it tonight
We're gonna jazz it up and have us a ball!
They're gonna get it tonight;
The more they turn it on, the harder they fall!
JETS:
Well, they began it!
SHARKS:
Well, they began it -
BOTH:
And we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all,
Tonight!
ANITA:
Anita's gonna get her kicks
Tonight
We'll have our private little mix
Tonight
He'll walk in hot and tired,
So what?
Don't matter if he's tired,
As long as he's hot
Tonight!
TONY:
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!
RIFF (to Tony):
I'm counting on you to be there
Tonight.
When Diesel wins it fair and square
Tonight.
That Puerto Rican punk'll
Go down.
And when he's hollered Uncle
We'll tear up the town!
MARIA:
Tonight, tonight
Won't be just any night, etc.
RIFF (firmly):
So I can count on you, boy!
TONY (abstractedly):
All right
RIFF:
We're gonna have us a ball
TONY (a bit impatiently):
All right
All right
RIFF (gently): Womb to tomb!
TONY (regretting his impatience): Sperm to worm!
RIFF:
I'll see you there about eight...
TONY:
Tonight...
BERNARDO and SHARKS:
We're gonna rock it tonight!!
ANITA:
Tonight...
BERNARDO and SHARKS:
We're gonna jazz it up and have us a ball!
They're gonna get it tonight, tonight!
They began it, they began it
And we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all,
Tonight!
The Sharks are gonna have their way,
The Sharks are gonna have their day,
We're gonna rock it tonight,
Tonight!
ANITA:
Tonight,
Late tonight
We're gonna mix it tonight
Anita's gonna have her day,
Bernardo's gonna have his way
Tonight, tonight
Tonight this very night,
We're gonna rock it tonight!
RIFF and JETS:
They began it, they began it
We'll stop 'em once and for all!
The Jets are gonna have their way,
The Jets are gonna have their day,
We're gonna rock it tonight,
Tonight!
MARIA:
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!
Tonight!
TONY:
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!
Tonight!
10. 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 pretty dress,
Such a pretty smile.
Such s 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.
Well-bred and mature
And out of her mind!
MARIA:
I feel pretty.
Oh, so pretty!
That the city should give me its key
A committee
Should be organized to honor me!
GIRLS:
La, la, la, la...
MARIA:
I feel dizzy,
I feel sunny,
I feel dizzy and funny and fine
And so pretty,
Miss America can just resign!
GIRLS:
La, la, la, la...
MARIA:
See the pretty girl in that mirror there:
GIRLS:
What mirror, where?
MARIA:
Who can that attractive girl be?
GIRLS:
Which? What? Where? Whom?
Such a pretty face,
Such pretty dress,
Such a pretty smile.
Such s pretty me!
GIRLS:
Whom-mmm?
Such s pretty me!
ALL:
I feel stunning
And entrancing.
Feel like running and dancing for joy.
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy!
Somewhere (Ballet)
TONY:
And - and
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
A GIRL:
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 and time to spare,
Time to look, time to care
Some day!
Somewhere
We'll find a new way of living,
Will find there's a way of forgiving
Somewhere...
There's a place for us,
A time and place for us.
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow...
Some day...
Somewhere...
PROCESSION AND NIGHTMARE
(The lovers hold out their hands to each other,
the others follow suit - Jets to Sharks;
Sharks to Jets and form a sort of procession.)
ALL:
There's a place for us...
(Suddenly there is a dead stop. The figures of Riff
and Bernardo slowly walk on. The dream becomes a
nightmare: as the city returns, there are brief
reenactments of the knife fight, of the deaths Maria
and Tony are once again separated from each other by the
violent warring of the two sides. Maria tries to reach
Bernardo, Tony tries to stop Riff; the lovers try to
reach each other but cannot. Chaotic confusion and
blackness out of which they find themselves back in the
bedroom, clinging to each other desperately.)
TONY:
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
TONY and MARIA:
Somehow...
Some day...
Somewhere!
Gee officer krupke
KRUPKE (whistle): Hey, you!
A-RAB: Who me?
KRUPKE: Yeah, you!
(A-rab and Baby John stop surprised.)
A-RAB: Why it is Officer Krupke, Baby John-
BABYJOHN (quaking): Top of the evening, Officer Krupke.
KRUPKE: I'll crack the top of your skulls if you
punks don't stop when I whistle, (exits; other Jets
appear.)
SNOWBOY: Ya see, cops believe everything they
read in the paper.
ACTION: To them we ain't human. We're cruddy
juvenile delinquents. So that's what we give 'em.
SNOWBOY(imitating Krupke): Hey, you!
ACTION: Me, Officer Krupke?
SNOWBOY: 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 bringing up-ke
That get 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's an tapped good,
Like inside, the worst of us is good.
SNOWBOY(imitating Krupke):
That's a touchin' good story!
ACTION: Lemme tell you to the world!
SNOWBOY ("Krupke"):
Just tell it to the judge!
ACTION(to "Judge"):
Dear kindly Judge, your Honor,
My parents treat me rough,
With all the 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"):
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"):
In the opinion of this court, this child is
depraved on account
he ain't had a normal home.
ACTION: Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived!
DIESEL ("Judge"): So take him to a headshrinker.
ACTION (to "Psychiatrist"):
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" sociogic'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"):
In my opinion this child don't need to have
his head shrunk at all.
Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease!
ACTION: Hey, I got a social disease!
A-RAB ("psychiatrist"):
So take him to a social worker!
ACTION (to "Social Worker"):
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 JONN (imitating female 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
ANITA (bitterly):
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.
I hear your words
And in my head
I know they're smart,
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 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!
MARIA:
Oh, no, Anita, 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 is all that I need.
Right or wrong, and he needs me too.
I love him, we're one,
There's nothing to be done.
Not 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!
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Grace Feinman-Riordan
/musicals/monkeysbrains/
animagusgirI@aol.com
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