[Anita] Puerto Rico You lovely island Island of tropical breezes Always the pineapple growing Always the coffee blossoms blowing And the money owing [Women] And the baby's crying And the people trying I like the island Manhattan [Women] I know you do! [Anita] Smoke on your pipe And put that in [Women] I like to be in America Okay by me in America Everything free in America [Bernardo] For a small fee in America [Anita] Buy on credit is so nice [Bernardo] One look at us and they charge twice [Women] I have my own washing machine [Men sharks] What will you have don't you keep clean? [Anita] Skyscrapers bloom in America [Women] Cadilacs zoom in America [Women] Industry boom in America [Sharks] 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] Life can be bright in America [Sharks] If you can fight in America [All women] Life is all right in America [Sharks] If you're all-white in America La la la la America America La la la la America America [Anita] Here you are free, and you have pride [Sharks] Long as you stay on your own side [Anita] Free to be anything you choose [Sharks] 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 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 Go! Go! Go! Go! Ole!