"Tonight Quintet" is a song that is featured in the 2021 live-action feature film, West Side Story. In the song, María (Rachel Zegler) and Anita (Ariana DeBose)'s hopeful and romantic "tonights" are contrasted with the violent tone of both the Jets and Sharks.
Lyrics[]
Jets:
The Jets are gonna have their day tonight!
The Jets are gonna have their way tonight!
Riff:
The Puerto Ricans grumble,
Fair fight!
But if they start a rumble,
We'll rumble 'em right!
Sharks:
We're gonna hand 'em a surprise tonight
We're gonna cut 'em down to size tonight
We said OK no rumpus, no tricks
But just in case they jump us
We're ready to mix
Bernardo:
Tonight!
Jets:
We're gonna rock it tonight,
We're gonna jazz it up
And have us a ball!
Sharks:
They're gonna get it tonight,
The more they turn it on,
The harder they'll fall!
Jets:
Well, they began it!
Sharks:
Well, they began it!
Sharks and Jets:
And we're the ones to stop 'em
Once and for all!
Riff:
Tonight!
Anita:
Anita's gonna get her kicks tonight
We'll have our private little mix tonight
He'll walk in hot and tired,
So what?
Don't matter if he's tired,
As long as he's hot
Tonight!
Tony:
Tonight, tonight
Won't be just any night
Tonight there will be
No morning star
Tonight, tonight
I'll see my love tonight
And for us, stars will stop
Where they are
María:
Today, the minutes seem like hours,
The hours go so slowly
And still, the sky is light
Tony and María:
Oh moon, grow bright
And make this endless day
Endless night!
Riff:
The Jets are comin' out on top tonight!
We're gonna watch Bernardo drop tonight!
That Puerto Rican punk'll go down!
And when he's hollered uncle,
We'll tear up the town!
María:
Tonight, tonight,
Won't be just any night
Ice:
We'll be in back of you boy!
Riff:
Right!
Ice:
We're gonna flatten him good!
Riff:
Right!
María:
Tonight there will be no morning star
Riff:
Womb to tomb?
Ice:
Sperm to worm
Riff:
And then we'll have us a ball!
Tonight!
María:
Tonight
Sharks:
We're gonna rock it tonight!
María:
Tonight
Anita:
Tonight
Sharks:
We're gonna jazz it tonight!
María:
I'll see my love tonight
Anita:
Tonight
María:
And for us, stars will stop
Where they are
Anita:
Late tonight
Sharks:
They're gonna get it tonight!
Anita:
We're gonna mix it tonight
Jets:
Tonight!
María and Tony:
Today, the minutes seem like hours -
Anita:
Anita's gonna have her day -
Sharks:
They began it!
Sharks and Jets:
They began it!
María and Tony:
The hours go so slowly -
Anita:
Anita's gonna have her day -
Sharks:
They began it!
Jets:
And we're the ones to stop 'em
Once and for all
Sharks:
We'll stop 'em once and for all!
María and Tony:
And still the sky is light
Anita:
Bernardo's gonna have his way tonight!
Jets:
We'll stop 'em once and for all!
The Jets are gonna have their way!
The Jets are gonna have their day!
Sharks:
The Sharks are gonna have their way!
The Sharks are gonna have their day!
María and Tony:
Oh moon, grow bright
And make this endless day
Endless night!
