? No. 15 A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
?ANITA (bitterly)
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 on 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
?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.
?
??ANITA
?A boy like that, etc.
?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 ev'rything 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 al of my life!
?BOTH
When love comes so strong,
There is no right or wrong,
Your love is your life!
( A policeman comes in to question Maria, who sends Anita to
tell Tony.)
The Drugstore - 11:40 p.m.
? No. 16 Taunting Scene
(The Jets have gathered at Doc's drugstore where Tony is hiding
in the cellar. Anita enters with a message for Tony from
Maria. A coin is put in the juke-box: a low mambo. The
taunting of Anita by the Jets breaks out into a wild, savage
dance, which is stopped by Doc. Anita is driven to say to the
Jets that Chino has shot Maria. Doc tells Tony, who runs out.
)
The Street - Midnight
(Tony is calling for Chino to kill him, too. Maria steps out
of the darkness, then another figure appears: Chino. As Maria
and Tony run to each other, Chino shoots Tony, and he stunbles.
Maria catches him and cradles him in her arms. Other Jets,
Sharks and girls run on.)
? No. 17 Finale
?MARIA
Hold my hand and we're halfway there.
?Hold my hand and I'll take you there,
?Somehow,
?Some day...
?
??TONY
?Hold my hand and I'll take you there,
?Somehow...
(He dies. After a moment Maria gently rests him on the floor
and lightly brushes his lips with her fingers. Krupke, Doc and
other adults have entered. )
?MARIA (softly, privately) : Te adoro, Anton.
(She kisses him gently. Two Jets and two Sharks lift up Tony's
body and carry him out. The others fall in behind to make a
procession.Maria sits quietly. At last, she gets up and,
despite her tears, lifts her head proudly and turns follow the
others. The adults are left alone. )
- THE END -