America Lyrics

America lyrics

ROSALIA: 

Puerto Rico... 

You lovely island ...

Island of
tropical breezes

Always the pineapples growing,

Always the coffee
blossoms blowing...



ANITA (mockingly):

Puerto Rico:

You ugly island...

Island of tropic diseases.

Always the
hurricanes blowing,

Always the population growing...

And the money
owing,

And the babies crying,

And the bullets flying.

I like
the island Manhattan -

Smoke on your pipe and put that in!



OTHERS (except Rosalia):

I like to be in America!

Okay by me in
America!

Everything free in America 

For a small fee in America 



ROSALIA: 

I like the city of San Juan 



ANITA:

I know a boat you can get on.



ROSALIA:

Hundreds of
flowers in full bloom.



ANITA:

Hundreds of people in each
room!



ALL (except Rosalia):

Automobile in America,

Chromium steel in America,

Wire-spoke wheel in America,

Very big
deal in America!



ROSALIA:

I'll drive a Buick through San
Juan.



ANITA:

If there's a road you can drive on!



ROSALIA:

I'll give my cousins a free ride



ANITA:

How can you get all of them inside?



ALL (except Rosalia):

Immigrant goes to America,

Many hellos in America,

Nobody knows
in America,

Puerto Rico's in America!

(The girls dance around
Rosalia.)



ROSALIA:

I'll bring a TV to San Juan.



ANITA:

If there's a current to turn on!



ROSALIA:

I'll give them new washing machine.



ANITA:

What have they
got there to keep clean?

ALL (except Rosalia):

I like the shores of
America!

Comfort is yours in America!

Knobs on the doors in Am