Leonard Bernstein Tonight (Balcony Scene) Lyrics

6.Balcony Scene

A Back Alley - 11:00 p.m.

(Maria appears at the window above him which
opens onto the escape.)

TONY: Maria, Maria...

MARIA: Ssh!

TONY: Maria!

MARIA: Quiet!

TONY: Come down!

MARIA: No!

TONY: Maria...

MARIA: Please if Bernardo!

TONY: He's at the dance. Come down!

MARIA: He will soon bring Anita home!

TONY: Just for a minute...

MARIA(smiles): A minute is not enough

TONY(smiles): For an hour then...

MARIA: I cannot!

TONY: For ever!

MARIA: Ssh!

TONY: Then I'm coming up

WOMAN'S VOICE(from the offstage apartment): Maria!

MARIA: Momentito, Mama...

TONY (climbing up): Maria, Maria...

MARIA: Caladito! (reaching her hand out to stop him) Ssh!
TONY (grabbing her hand): Ssh!

MARIA: It is dangerous.

TONY: I'm not "one of them".

MARIA: You are; but to me, you are not. Just as I
am one of them... (gestures inside)

TONY: To me, you are all the... (She covers his
mouth with her hand.)

MAN'S VOICE (from the unseen apartment):
Maruca!

MARIA: Si, ya vengo, Papa!

TONY: Maruca?

MARIA: His pet name for me.

TONY: I like him. He will like me.

MARIA: No. He is like Bernardo: afraid. Imagine
being afraid of you!

TONY: You see?

MARIA (touching his face): I see you.

TONY: See only me.

7.Tonight

MARIA:
Only you, you're the only thing I'll see forever.
1n my eyes, in my words and in ev'rything I do,
Nothing else but you.
Ever!

TONY:
And there's nothing for me but Maria,
Ev'ry sight that I see is Maria.

MARIA:
Tony. Tony...

TONY:
Always you, ev'ry thought I'll ever know, MARIA:
Ev'rywhere I go, you'll be, you and me! All the world is only you and me!
(They kiss)
Tonight, tonight,
It all began tonight,
I saw you and the world went away.
Tonight, tonight,
There's only you tonight,
What you are, what you do, what you say.
Today, a1l day I had the feeling
A miracle would happen.
I know now I was right.
For here you are,
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight!

BOTH:
Tonight. tonight,
The world is full of light,
With suns and moons all over the place.
Tonight, tonight,
The world is wild and bright.
Going mad, shooting sparks into s___e.
Today the world was just an address.
A place for me to live in,
No better than all right,
But here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight!
(They kiss. Maria goes inside.)

TONY:
Tonight! Tonight!
It all began tonight
I saw you and the world went away

MARIA (returning): I cannot stay. Go quickly!

TONY: I am not afraid!

MARIA: They are strict with me. Please!

TONY: I love you.

MARIA: Yes, yes, hurry. Go! (He climbs down.)
Buenas noches!

MARIA: Wait! When will! See you? (He starts back up.)

TONY: Tomorrow

MARIA: I work at the bridal shop. Come there.

TONY: At sundown

MARIA: Yes. Good night.

TONY: Good night (starts off)

MARIA: Tony!

TONY: Ssh!

MARIA: Come to the back door

TONY: Si.

MARIA: Tony! (He stops.) What does Tony stand for?

TONY: Anton.

MARIA: Te adoro. Anton...

TONY: Te adoro, Maria!

BOTH:
Good night, good night,
Sleep well and when you dream,
Dream of me...
Tonight!
(As Tony ducks out into the shadows, Bernardo
enters with his girl Anita, followed by other Sharks
and their girls. The boys leave to the "War Council"
at Doc's drugstore)