Tonight Lyrics

Tonight lyrics

Tonight

 Jim Bryant

 (West Side Story)

 

 RIFF 

 The Jets are gonna have their day 

 Tonight. 

 

 BERNARDO 

 The Sharks are gonna have their way 

 Tonight. 

 

 RIFF 

 The Puerto Ricans grumble: "Fair fight." 

 But if they start a rumble, 

 We'll rumble 'em right. 

 

 BERNARDO 

 We're gonna hand 'em a surprise 

 Tonight. 

 

 RIFF AND JETS 

 We're gonna cut 'em down to size 

 Tonight. 

 

 BERNARDO AND SHARKS 

 We said, "O.K., no rumpus, 

 No tricks." 

 But just in case they jump us, 

 We're ready to mix 

 Tonight. 

 

 ALL 

 We're gonna rock it tonight, 

 We're gonna jazz it up and have us a ball! 

 They're gonna get it tonight; 

 The more they turn it on the harder they'll fall! 

 

 RIFF AND JETS 

 Well, they began it! 

 

 BERNARDO AND SHARKS 

 Well, they began it! 

 

 ALL 

 And we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all, 

 Tonight! 

 

 ANITA 

 Anita's gonna get her kicks 

 Tonight. 

 We'll have our private little mix 

 Tonight. 

 He'll walk in hot and tired, 

 So what? 

 Don't matter if he's tired, 

 As long as he's hot 

 Tonight! 

 

 TONY 

 Tonight, tonight, 

 Won't be just any night, 

 Tonight there will be no morning star. 

 Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight. 

 And for us, stars will stop where they are. 

 Today 

 The minutes seem like hours, 

 The hours go so slowly, 

 And still the sky is light . . . 

 Oh moon, grow bright, 

 And make this endless day endless night! 

 

 RIFF 

 I'm counting on you to be there 

 Tonight. 

 When Diesel wins it fair and square 

 Tonight. 

 That Puerto Rican punk'll 

 Go down. 

 And when he's hollered "Uncle" 

 We'll tear up the town! 

 

 (RIFF, TONY, and MARIA sing simultaneously) 

 

 RIFF 

 So I can count on you, boy? 

 

 TONY 

 All right. 

 

 RIFF 

 We're gonna have us a ball. 

 

 TONY 

 All right. 

 

 RIFF 

 Womb to tomb! 

 

 TONY 

 Sperm to worm! 

 

 RIFF 

 I'll see you there about eight. 

 

 TONY 

 Tonight . . . 

 

 MARIA 

 Tonight, tonight 

 Won't be just any night, 

 Tonight there will be no morning star, 

 

 (JETS, SHARKS, MARIA, TONY, and ANITA sing simultaneously) 

 

 SHARKS 

 We're gonna rock it tonight! 

 They're gonna get it tonight, 

 They began it, 

 They began it, 

 The began it. 

 We'll stop 'em once and for all. 

 The Sharks are gonna have their way, 

 The Sharks are gonna have their day, 

 We're gonna rock it tonight. 

 Tonight! 

 

 JETS 

 We're gonna jazz it tonight! 

 Tonight! 

 They began it, 

 And we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all! 

 The Jets are gonna have their way, 

 The Jets are gonna have their day. 

 We're gonna rock it tonight. 

 Tonight! 

 

 ANITA 

 Tonight, tonight, 

 Late tonight, 

 We're gonna mix it tonight. 

 Anita's gonna have her day, 

 Anita's gonna have her day, 

 Bernardo's gonna have his way 

 Tonight, tonight, 

 Tonight, this very night, 

 We're gonna rock it tonight! 

 

 MARIA 

 Tonight, tonight, 

 I'll see my love tonight. 

 And for us, stars will stop where they are. 

 

 MARIA AND TONY 

 Today the minutes seem like hours. 

 The hours go so slowly, 

 And still the skiy is light. 

 Oh moon, grow bright, 

 And make this endless day endless night, 

 

 ALL 

 Tonight!