Ariana DeBose & David Alvarez – America (Lyrics) (From “West Side Story“)

Song: America Artist: Ariana DeBose & David Alvarez Album: West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Year: 2021 Lyrics [ANITA] Puerto Rico You lovely island Island of tropical breezes Always the pineapples growing Always the coffee blossoms blowing And the money owing And the babies crying And the people trying 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 have my own washing machine [INDIO] What will you have though to keep clean? [GIRLS] Skyscrapers bloom in America Cadillacs zoom in America Industry boom in America [BOYS] Twelve in a room in America [ANITA] Lots of new housing with more space [ALL] Lots of doors 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 all right in America [BOYS] If you’re all white in America [BOYS] La la la la la la, America America La la la la la la, America [ANITA] America [GIRLS] Here you are free and you have pride [BOYS] Long as you stay on your own side [GIRLS] Free to do anything you choose [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 [BERNARDO] I think I’ll go back to San Juan [ANITA] I know a boat you can get on (Bye Bye!) [BERNARDO] Everyone there will give big cheer! [ANITA] Everyone there will have moved here History In the show, this song is given to Rosalia, Anita, and the Shark girls. In the film, Anita and the other girls express the view that New York is a better place to live than Puerto Rico, while the boys express the opposite view. Contact: Somdosilencio31@