America from West Side Story - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Rita Moreno, West Side Story Ensemble, West Side Story Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein"America from West Side Story - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" is a song by Rita Moreno, West Side Story Ensemble, West Side Story Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, released in 1994 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:58 long and contains 43 lines and 235 words.
0:16Puerto Rico
0:19My heart's devotion
0:22Let it sink back in the ocean
0:29Always the hurricanes blowing
0:33Always the population growing
0:38And the money owing
0:41And the sunlight streaming
0:44And the natives steaming
0:47I like the island Manhattan
0:52Smoke on your pipe
0:54And put that in
1:01I like to be in America
1:03Okay by me in America
1:05Everything free in America
1:08For a small fee in America
1:15Buying on credit is so nice
1:17One look at us and they charge twice
1:21I have my own washing machine
1:23What will you have though to keep clean
1:27Skyscraper bloom in America
1:29Cadillac zoom in America
1:31Industry boom in America
1:34Twelve in a room in America
1:41Lots of new housing with more space
1:43Lots of doors slamming in our face
1:46I'll get a terrace apartment
1:49Better get rid of your accent
1:53Life can be bright in America
1:55If you can fight in America
1:57Life is all right in America
1:59If you're all white in America
2:46Here you are free and you have pride
2:48Long as you stay on your own side
2:51Free to be anything you choose
2:54Free to wait tables and shine shoes
2:57Everywhere grime in America
2:59Organized crime in America
3:02Terrible time in America
3:04You forget I'm in America
3:50I think I'll go back to San Juan
3:52I know a boat you can get on
3:55Everyone there will give big cheer
3:58Everyone there will have moved here
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 I like to be in America Okay by me in America Everything free in America For a small fee in America Buying on credit is so nice One look at us and they charge twice I have my own washing machine What will you have though to keep clean Skyscraper bloom in America Cadillac zoom in America Industry boom in America Twelve in a room in America Lots of new housing with more space Lots of doors slamming in our face I'll get a terrace apartment Better get rid of your accent Life can be bright in America If you can fight in America Life is all right in America If you're all white in America Here you are free and you have pride Long as you stay on your own side Free to be anything you choose Free to wait tables and shine shoes Everywhere grime in America Organized crime in America Terrible time in America You forget I'm in America I think I'll go back to San Juan I know a boat you can get on Everyone there will give big cheer Everyone there will have moved here
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