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SIDE 2
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? No. 5 Maria
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(As Tony sings, he looks for where Maria lives.)
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?TONY
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Maria...
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The most beautiful sound I ever heard:
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Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria...
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All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:
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Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria...
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Maria!
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I've just met a girl named Maria,
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And suddenly that name
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Will never be the same
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To me.
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Maria!
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I've just kissed a girl named Maria,
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And suddenly I've found
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How wonderful a sound
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Can be!
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Maria!
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Say it loud and there's music playing,
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Say it soft and it's almost like praying.
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Maria,
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I'll never stop saying Maria!
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The most beautiful sound I ever heard.
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Maria.
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A Back Alley - 11:00 p.m.
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(Maria appears at the window above him which opens onto the
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fire escape. )
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? No. 6 Balcony Scene
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?TONY : Maria, Maria...
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?MARIA : Ssh!
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?TONY : Maria!!
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?MARIA : Quiet!
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?TONY : Come down.
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?MARIA : No.
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?TONY : Maria...
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?MARIA : Please. If Bernardo...
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?TONY : He's at the dance. Come down.
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?MARIA : He will soon bring Anita home.
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?TONY : Just for a minute.
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?MARIA (smiles) : A minute is not enough.
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?TONY (smiles) : For an hour, then.
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?MARIA : I cannot.
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?TONY : For ever!
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?MARIA : Ssh!
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?TONY : Then I'm coming up.
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?WONAN'S VOICE (from the offstage apartment) : Maria!
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?MARIA : Momentito, Mama...
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?TONY (climbing up) : Maria, Maria...
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?MARIA : Calladito! ( reaching her hand out to stop him ) Ssh!
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?TONY (grabbing her hand) : Ssh!
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?MARIA : It is dangerous.
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?TONY : I'm not "one of them."
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?MARIA : You are; but to me, you are nat.
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Just as I am one of them...(gestures inside)
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?TONY : To me, you are all the...
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(She covers his mouth with her hand.)
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?MAN'S VOICE (from the unseen apartment): Maruca!
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?MARIA : Si, ya vengo, Papa.
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?TONY : Maruca?
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?MARIA : His pet name for me.
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?TONY : I like him. He will like me.
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?MARIA : No. He is like Bernardo afraid.
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Imagine being afraid of you!
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?TONY : You see?
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?MARIA (touching his face) : I see you.
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?TONY : See only me.
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