The Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha Meeting Scene Jump by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics

[Instrumental]

[TONY, spoken]
Funny, I wasn’t plannin' on showin' up tonight. 

[MARÍA, spoken]
You don't like dancing?

[TONY, spoken]
No. I mean, yeah, I like it. I like it a lot, dancing with you. It’s just you’re, uh...

[MARÍA, spoken]
You're tall. 

[TONY, spoken]
Yeah, I know. You’re not. 

[MARÍA, spoken]
You’re not Puerto Rican. 

[TONY, spoken]
You just figurin' that out?
[MARÍA, spoken]
From down here I wasn’t sure. 

[TONY, spoken]
Is that okay? That I'm not?

[MARÍA, spoken]
I don’t know. Creo que sí, pero...como yo nunca... Since I never seen you before. This is my first time dancing in New York City, so you tell me. Is it okay?

[TONY, spoken]
Not much I can do about it, but—

[María suddenly tries to kiss Tony. Startled, he pulls back.]

[TONY, spoken]
Sorry, you just caught me by surprise is all. I’m a by-the-book type, so...

[MARÍA, spoken]
By the book?

[TONY, spoken]
Try me again?

[They kiss.]

[LUZ, spoken]
¡María!
[Instrumental]