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,
Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
Girls: I like to be in America,
Okay by me in America,
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.
Rosalia: I'll have my own washing machine.
Juano: What will you have, though, to keep clean?
Anita: Skyskrapers bloom in America.
Girl 1: Cadillacs zoom in America.
Girl 2: Industry boom in America.
Boys: Twelve in a room in America.
Anita: Lots of new housing with more space.
Bernardo: Lots of doors slamming in our face.
Anita: I'll get a terrace apartment.
Bernardo: Better get rid of your accent.
Anita and Three Girls: Life can be bright in America.
Bernardo: If you can fight in America.
All Girls: Life is all right in America.
All Boys: If you're all white in America.
INTERLUDE
Anita and Consuelo: Here you are free and you have pride.
Bernardo: Long as you stay on your own side.
Anita: Free to be anything you choose.
All Boys: 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.
INTERLUDE
Bernardo: I think I go back to San Juan.
Anita: I know a boat you can get on.
Bernardo: Everyone there will give big cheer.
Anita: Everyone there will have moved here.