Snapping fingers
smooth boppy piano
riff: this turf is small but itand's all we got, huh?
i wanna hold it like we always held it, with skin!
but if they say blades, i say blades but if they say guns, i say guns. i say i want the jets to be
the number one! to sail! to hold the sky!
baby john: rev us up!
gee-tar: voom-va-voom!
big deal: cha-chung!
action: wacko-jacko!
a-rab: digga-digga-dig-dum!
riff: now, protocality calls for a war council between us and the sharks to set the whole thing
up. so i will personally give the bad news to bernardo. aganst the sharks, we need every man we
got we need a lieutenant for the war council.
action: thatand's me.
riff: thatand's tony.
action: who needs tony?
riff: we need tony! he has a reputation bigger than the whole west side.
action: tony donand't belong no more.
riff: cut it, action. tony and i started the jets.
a-rab: what about the day we clobbered the emeralds?
big deal: which we couldnand't have done without tony.
baby john: he saved my ever-lovinand' neck!
riff: yeah, heand's come through for us and he always
will.
riff: when youand're a jet, youand're a jet all the way
from your first cigarette to your last dyinand' day.
when youand're a jet, let and'em do what they can. you
got brothers around, youand're a family man! youand're
never alone, youand're never disconnected! youand're
home with your own when companyand's expected, youand're
well protected! then you are set with a capital
j, which youand'll never forget till the cart you away. when youand're a jet, you stay a jet!
riff: i know tony like i know me and i guarantee
you can count him in.
action: in, out, letand's get crackinand'.
a-rab: where you gonna find bernardo?
baby john: it ainand't safe to go into pr territory.
riff: heand'll be at the dance at the gym tonight.
a-rab: yeah, but the gymand's neutral territory.
riff(innocently): a-rab, iand'm gonna make nice with
him! iand'm only gonna challenge him.
a-rab: great, daddy-o!
riff: so everybody dress up sweet and sharp and
meet tony and me at the dance at ten. and walk tall!
a-rab: we always walk tall!
baby john: weand're jets!
action: the greatest!
drums
snowboy: when youand're a jet, youand're the top cat in
town, youand're the gold medal kid with the heavyweight crown!
diesel: when youand're a jet, youand're the swinginand'est
thing. little boy, youand're a man, little man, youand're a king!
jets: the jets are in gear. our cylinders are clickinand'. the sharksand'll stear clear
and'cause every puerto ricanand's a lousy chicken! here
come the jets like a bat out of hell. someone gets in our way, someone donand't feel so well. here
come the jets little world, step aside! better go
underground, better run, better hide. weand're drawinand' the line, so keep your noses hidden! weand're hanginand' a sign, says andquot;visitors forbiddenandquot; and we ainand't kiddinand'! here come the jets, yeah!
anand' weand're gonna beat every last bugginand' gang on
the whole bugginand' street! on the whole bugginand' ever lovinand' street!
gee-tar: yeah!
