Nothing Songtext
von Susan Egan

I am so excited because I am finally
Going to the High School of the Arts
I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress
Anyway, it′s the first day of acting class
And we're in the auditorium, and the teacher, Mr. Karp
Puts us up on the stage with our legs around everybody
One in back of the other
And he says, "Okay, we′re gonna do improvisations
Now, you're on a bobsled, and it's snowing out, and it′s cold
Okay? Go!" (Sung)
Every day for a week we were trying to feel the motion
Feel the motion down the hill
Every day for a week we were trying to hear the wind rush
Hear the wind rush, feel the chill
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
To see what I had inside
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And I tried
I tried


And everyone′s going, "Whoosh! Whoosh!
I feel the snow! I feel the cold! I feel the air!"
And Mr. Karp, he turns to me and he says
"Okay, Morales, what did you feel?"
(Sung)
And I said, "Nothing
I'm feeling nothing"
And he said nothing could get a girl transferred
They all felt something
But I felt nothing
Except the feeling that this bullshit was absurd
But I kept saying to myself, "It′s okay
It's only the first week
Maybe it′s genetic
They don't have bobsleds in San Juan"
Second week, more advanced and we had to be a table
Be a sports car, ice cream cone
Mr. Karp, he would say, "Very good!
Except Morales
Try Morales all alone"
So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
To see how an ice cream felt
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And I tried to melt
The kids yelled, "Nothing!"
They called me nothing
And Karp allowed it, which really makes me burn
They were so helpful
They called me hopeless
Until I really didn′t know where else to turn
And Karp kept saying, "Morales
I think you should transfer to Girl's High
You'll never be an actress
Never"
Jesus Christ
Went to church, prayed to Santa Maria
Send me guidance
Send me guidance on my knees
Went to church, prayed to Santa Maria
Help me feel it
Help me feel it, pretty please
And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
Came up to the top of my head
And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
Here is what it said
"This man is nothing!
This course is nothing!
If you want something, go find a better class
And when you find one, you′ll be an actress"
And I assure you that′s what finally came to pass
Six months later I heard that Karp had died
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And cried
'Cause I felt nothing