West Side Story - A Boy Like That...I Have A Love (stage) lyrics

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ANITA (spoken)

And you still don't know: Tony is one of them!

(sung)

A boy like that who'd kill your brother

Forget that boy and find another

One of your own kind

Stick to your own kind!

A boy like that will give you sorrow

You'll meet another boy tomorrow

One of your own kind

Stick to your own kind!

A boy who kills cannot love

A boy who kills has no heart

And he's the boy who gets your love

And gets your heart -

Very smart, Maria, very smart!

A boy like that wants one thing only

And when he's done he'll leave you lonely

He'll murder your love; he murdered mine

Just wait and see -

Just wait, Maria

Just wait and see!

MARIA

Oh no, Anita, no -

Anita, no!

It isn't true, not for me

It's true for you, not for me

I hear your words -

And in my head

I know they're smart

But my heart, Anita

But my heart

Knows they're wrong

(ANITA reprises the chorus she has just sung, as MARIA continues her song)

MARIA

And my heart

Is too strong

For I belong

To him alone, to him alone

One thing I know:

I am his

I don't care what he is

I don't know why it's so

I don't want to know

Oh no, Anita, you should know better!

You were in love, or so you said

You should know better...

I have a love, and it's all that I have

Right or wrong, what else can I do?

I love him; I'm his

And everything he is

I am, too

I have a love and it's all that I need

Right or wrong, and he needs me too

I love him, we're one

There's nothing to be done

Not a thing I can do

But hold him, hold him forever

Be with him now, tomorrow

And all of my life!

MARIA and ANITA

When love comes so strong

There is no right or wrong

Your love is your life!