Leonard Bernstein
A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
[ANITA]
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 you 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
[ANITA]
A boy like that who’d kill your brother
[MARIA]
Knows they’re wrong
And my heart
[ANITA]
Forget that boy and find another
[MARIA]
Is too strong
[ANITA]
One of your own kind
[MARIA]
For I belong
[ANITA]
Stick to your own kind!
[MARIA]
To him alone, to him alone
One thing I know
[ANITA]
A boy who kills cannot love
[MARIA]
I am his
[ANITA]
A boy who kills has no heart
[MARIA]
I don't care what he is
[ANITA]
And he’s the boy who gets your love
[MARIA]
I don't know why it's so
[ANITA]
And gets your heart!
[MARIA]
I don't want to know!
[ANITA]
Very smart, Maria, very smart!
[MARIA]
Oh, no, Anita, no, 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 & ANITA]
When love comes so strong
There is no right or wrong
Your love is your life