ANITA
Puerto Rico,
my hearts devotion . . .
let it sink down in the ocean
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing . . .
and the money owing...
and the natives steaming
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
GIRLS
I like to be in America!
O.K. by me in America!
Ev'rything free in America
BERNARDO
For a small fee in America!
ANITA
Buying and credit is so nice
BERNARDO
One look at us and they charge twice
GIRL#1
I have my own washing machine
BOY#1
What will you have, though, to keep clean?
GIRLS
Skyscrapers bloom in America!
Cadillac zoom in America!
Industry boom in America!
BOYS
Twelve in a room in America!
ANITA
Lots of new houses 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
GIRLS
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
As long as you stay on your side
GIRLS
Free to be anything you choose
BOYS
Free to wait tables and shine shoes
BERNARDO
Everywhere grime in America
Organized crime in America
Terrible time in America
