Leonard Bernstein
Like Everybody Else (From ”West Side Story”)
[A-RAB]
Shrimps ain't good for anything
Watching parades or the movies or anything
No good for nothing but crawling and stalling around

[BABY JOHN]
Kids ain't good for anything
Shaving or driving or necking or anything
No good for nothing but dropping and pooping around

[ANYBODYS]
Girls ain't good for anything
Swearing or smoking or spitting or anything
I swear and I smoke, and I inhale—
Why can't I be male?

[A-RAB, BABY JOHN, ANYBODYS]
Shrimps ain't good for anything
Kids ain't good for anything
Watching parades or the movies or anything
Shaving or driving or necking or anything
Girls ain't good for anything
No good for nothing but crawling and stalling around
No good for nothing but dropping and pooping around
Swearing or smoking or spitting or anything
I swear and I smoke, and I inhale—
[A-RAB, BABY JOHN & ANYBODYS]
Why can't I be—

[A-RAB]
Big?

[BABY JOHN]
Old?

[ANYBODYS]
Male?

[A-RAB, BABY JOHN & ANYBODYS]
Like everybody else!