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A Boy Like That / I Have a Love

A Boy Like That / I Have a Love lyrics by West Side Story. [Anita] A boy like that who'd kill your brother Forget that boy and find another One of your own...

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A Boy Like That / I Have a Love

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[Anita]

A boy like that who'd kill your brother

Forget that boy and find another

One of your own kind

Stick to your own kind!

A boy like that will give you sorrow

You'll meet another boy tomorrow

One of your own kind

Stick to your own kind!

A boy who kills cannot love

A boy who kills has no heart

And he's the boy who gets your love

And gets your heart

Very smart, Maria, very smart!

A boy like that wants one thing only

And when he's done, he'll leave you lonely

He'll murder your love

He murdered mine

Just wait and see

Just wait, Maria

Just wait and see!

[Maria]

Oh no, Anita, no

Anita, no!

It isn't true, not for me

It's true for you, not for me

I hear your words

And in my head

I know they're smart

But my heart, Anita

But my heart

Knows they're wrong

And my heart

Is too strong

For I belong

To him alone, to him alone

One thing I know

I am his

I don't care what he is

I don't know why it's so

I don't want to know

[Anita]

A boy who kills cannot love

A boy who kills has no heart

And he's the boy who gets your love

And gets your heart

Very smart, Maria, very smart!

[Maria]

Oh no, Anita, no

You should know better!

You were in love - or so you said

You should know better

I have a love, and it's all that I have

Right or wrong, what else can I do?

I love him; I'm his

And everything he is

I am, too

I have a love, and it's all that I need

Right or wrong, and he needs me, too

I love him, we're one

There's nothing to be done

Not a thing I can do

But hold him, hold him forever

Be with him now, tomorrow

And all of my life!

[Both]

When love comes so strong

There is no right or wrong

Your love is your life

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