"Tonight (Quintet)" lyrics

Mike Faist, David Alvarez, Ariana DeBose, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Jets & Sharks Lyrics

"Tonight (Quintet)"
(2021 film version)
(from "West Side Story" soundtrack)


[Jets:]
The Jets are gonna have their day tonight
The Jets are gonna have their way tonight

[Riff:]
The Puerto Ricans grumble: "Fair fight"
But when they start a rumble
We'll rumble 'em right

[Sharks:]
We're gonna hand 'em a surprise tonight
We're gonna cut 'em down to size tonight
We said, "O.K., no rumpus, no tricks"
But just in case they jump us
We're ready to mix
Tonight!

[Jets:]
We're gonna rock it tonight
We're gonna jazz it up and have us a ball

[Sharks:]
They're gonna get it tonight
The more they turn it on the harder they'll fall

[Jets:]
Well, they began it!

[Sharks:]
Well, they began it!

[Sharks, Jets & Riff:]
And we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all
Tonight!

[Anita:]
Anita's gonna get a 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

[Maria:]
Today
The minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly
And still the sky is light

[Tony & Maria:]
Oh moon, grow bright
And make this endless day endless night

[Riff:]
The Jets are coming out on top tonight
We're gonna watch Bernardo drop tonight
That Puerto Rican punk'll go down
And when he's hollered "Uncle"

[Jets:]
We'll tear up the town!

[Maria:]
Tonight, tonight ([Ice:] We'll be in back of you, boy, [Riff:] Right)
Won't be just any night ([Ice:] We're gonna flatten him good, [Riff:] Right)
Tonight there will be no morning star
([Riff:] Womb to tomb? [Ice:] Sperm to worm)
([Riff:] And then we'll have us a ball tonight)

[Maria:]
Tonight, tonight ([Sharks:] We're gonna rock it tonight) ([Anita:] Tonight)
I'll see my love tonight ([Jets:] We're gonna jazz it tonight) ([Anita:] Tonight)
And for us stars will stop where they are
([Sharks:] They're gonna get it tonight) ([Jets:] They're gonna get it tonight)
([Anita:] Late tonight, we're gonna mix it tonight)

[Jets, Sharks, Maria, Tony & Anita sing simultaneously:]

[Tony & Maria:]
Today, the minutes seem like hours

[Anita:]
Anita's gonna have her day

[Sharks & Jets:]
They began it

[Anita:]
Anita's gonna have her day

[Sharks & Jets:]
They began it

[Tony & Maria:]
The hours go so slowly and still the sky is light

[Anita:]
Bernardo's gonna have his way tonight, tonight

[Sharks:]
They began it

[Jets:]
And we're the ones to stop them once and for all
[Sharks:]
To stop them once and for all

[Tony & Maria:]
Oh moon, grow bright

[Sharks & Jets:]
The Sharks are gonna have their way (The Jets are gonna have their way)

[Anita:]
Tonight, this very night

[Sharks & Jets:]
The Sharks are gonna have their day (The Jets are gonna have their day)

[Tony & Maria:]
And make this endless day, endless night

[Sharks, Jets & Anita:]
We're gonna rock it tonight

[All:]
Tonight!


Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein
soundtrack: "West Side Story" (2021)
Prologue
(Instrumental)
The Dance At The Gym: Blues, Promenade
(Instrumental)
Transition To Scherzo / Scherzo
(Instrumental)
The Rumble
(Instrumental)
Finale
(Instrumental)
End Credits
(Instrumental)
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