Man of La Mancha

I Really Like Him

Man of La Mancha


SANCHO 
I like him, I really like him. 
Tear out my fingernails one by one, I like him! 
I don't have a very good reason, 
Since I've been with him, 
Cuckoo-nuts have been in season... 
But there's nothing I can do, 
Chop me up for onion stew, 
Still I'll yell to the sky 
Though I can't tell you why, 
That I like him! 

ALDONZA 
It doesn't make any sense! 

SANCHO 
That's because you're not a squire. 

ALDONZA 
All right, I'm not a squire. ] 
Now does a squire squire? 

SANCHO 
Well, I ride behind him... and he fights. 
Then I pick him up off the ground, and... 

ALDONZA 
But, what do you get out of it? 

SANCHO 
What do I get? Oh! Why, already I've gotten... 
I've gotten... 

ALDONZA 
You've got nothing! Why do you do it? 

SANCHO 
I like him, I really like him. 
Pluck me naked as a scalded chicken, 
I like him! 
Don't ask me for why or wherefore, 
'Cause I don't have a single good 
"Because" or "therefore!" 
You can barbecue my nose. 
Make a giblet of my toes, 
Make me freeze, make me fry. 
Make me sigh, make me cry. 
Still I'll yell to the sky, 
Though I can't tell you why. 
That I like him!