TONY:

And - and

And I'll take you away, take you far, far away out of here,

Far, far away till the walls and the streets disappear.



TONY and MARIA:

Somewhere there must be a place we can feel we're free,

Somewhere there's got to be some place for you and for me.

(As he sings, the walls of the apartment begin to move off,

leaving city walls surrounding them. The two lovers begin to

run, battering against the walls of the city, breaking through

as chaotic figures of the violent gangs flail around them.

But they do break through and suddenly they are in a world of

space and air and sun. They stop, looking at if, pleased,

startled as boys and girls from both sides come on.)



SCHERZO

(They begin to dance, to play: no sides, no hostility now;

just joy and pleasure and warmth. As Tony and Maria begin

the steps of a gentle love dance, a voice is heard singing.)