The Drugstore - Midnight

(The Jets await the arrival of the Sharks for the

"War Council". The atmosphere is tense, jumpy.)



RIFF:

Boy, boy, crazy boy.

Get cool, boy!

Got a rocket in your pocket,

Keep coolly cool, boy!

Don't get hot,

'Cause, man, you got

Some high times ahead.

Take it slow and Daddy-o,

You can live it up and die in bed!

Boy, boy, crazy boy.

Stay loose, boy!

Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it.

Turn off the juice, boy!

Go, man, go.

But not like a yo-yo

Schoolboy

Just play it cool, boy,

Real cool!



FUGUE

(Frenetic dance)



JETS:

Boy, boy, crazy boy.

Stay loose, boy! etc.

Schoolboy...



RIFF:

Just play it cool, boy,

Real cool!



(The Sharks enter. Riff challenges Bernardo and they

agree on a fair fight - the best man from each gang to

slug it out.)