"A Boy Like That" (also known as "I Have a Love") is a song that is featured in the 2021 live-action feature film, West Side Story. After identifying Bernardo's body at the police station, Anita (Ariana DeBose) comes home and finds Tony (Ansel Elgort) sneaking out of María (Rachel Zegler)'s window. There follows this fiery confrontation between her and María.
The song was also performed by Miss Piggy in Episode 305 of The Muppet Show.
Lyrics[]
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 bring 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, María, 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, María
Just wait and see!
María:
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
Anita:
A boy like that
María:
Knows they're wrong
Anita:
Who killed your brother
María:
And my heart
Anita:
Forget that boy
María:
Is too strong
Anita:
And find another
María:
For I belong
Anita:
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind!
María:
To him alone, to him alone
One thing I know:
Anita:
A boy who kills cannot love
María:
I am his
Anita:
A boy who kills has no heart
María:
I don't care what he is
Anita:
A boy who kills has no heart
María:
I don't know why it's so
Anita:
And he's the boy who gets your love
And gets your heart
María:
I don't want to know
Anita:
Very smart María, very smart!
María:
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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