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Smooth Boppy Piano |
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Snapping Fingers |
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Riff: This turf is small but it's all we got, huh? |
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I wanna hold it like we always held it, with skin! |
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But if they say blades, I say blades but if they say |
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guns, I say guns.I say I want the Jets to be the |
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number one!To sail!To hold the sky! |
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Baby John: Rev us up! |
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Gee-Tar: Voom-va-voom! |
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Big Deal: Cha-chung! |
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Action: Wacko-jacko! |
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A-Rab: Digga-digga-dig-dum! |
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Riff: Now, protocality calls for a war council |
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between us and the Sharks to set the whole thing up. |
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So I will personally give the bad news to Bernardo. |
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Against the Sharks, we need every man we got we need |
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a lieutenant for the war council. |
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Action: That's me. |
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Riff: That's Tony. |
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Action: Who needs Tony? |
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Riff: We need Tony!He has a reputation bigger than |
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the whole west side. |
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Action: Tony don't belong no more. |
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Riff: Cut it, Action Tony and I started the Jets. |
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Action: What about the day we clobbered the Emeralds? |
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Big Deal: Which we couldn't have done without Tony. |
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Baby John: He saved my ever-loving neck! |
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Riff: Yeah, Tony has come through for us and he |
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always will. |
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Riff: When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way |
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from your frst cigarette to your last dyin' day. |
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When you're a Jet, let 'em do what they can, you got |
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brothers around, you're a family man!You're never |
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alone, you're never disconnected!You're home with |
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your own when company's expected, you're well |
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protected!Then you are set with a capital J, which |
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you'll never forget till they cart you away. When |
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you're a Jet, you stay a Jet! |
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Riff: I know Tony like I know me and I guarantee you |
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can count him in. |
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Action: In, out, let's get crackin'. |
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A-Rab: Where you gonna find Bernardo? |
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Riff: He'll be at the dance at the gym tonight. |
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A-Rab: Yeah, but the gym's neutral territory. |
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Riff(innocently): A-Rab, I'm gonna make nice with |
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him!I'm only gonna challenge him. |
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A-Rab: Great, Daddy-o! |
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Riff: So everybody dress up sweet and sharp and meet |
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Tony and me at the dance at ten. And walk tall! |
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A-Rab: We always walk tall! |
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Baby John: We're Jets! |
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Action: The greatest! |
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Drums |
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Snowboy: When you're a Jet, you're the top cat in |
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town, you're the gold medal kid with the heavyweight |
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crown! |
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Diesel: When you're a Jet, you're the swingin'est |
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thing.Little boy, you're a man, little man, you're |
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a king! |
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Jets: The Jets are in gear, our cylinders are |
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clickin'.The Sharks'll steer clear 'cause ev'ry |
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Puerto Rican's a lousy chicken!Here com the Jets |
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like a bat out of hell.Someone gets in our way, |
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someone don't feel so well.Here come the Jets |
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little world, step aside!Better go undeground, |
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better run, better hide.We're drawin' the line, so |
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keep your noses hidden!We're hangin' a sign, says |
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"Visitors Forbidden" and we ain't kiddin'!Here come |
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the Jets, Yeah!An' we're gonna beat ev'ry last |
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buggin' gang on the whole buggin' street!On the |
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whole buggin' ever lovin' street! |
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Gee-Tar: Yeah! |