A Chorus Line movie - Nothing lyrics
rate me<br>
[DIANA]<br>
I'm so excited because I'm gonna go <br>
to the High School of Performing Arts! <br>
I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress. <br>
Anyway, it's the first day acting class- <br>
and we're in the auditorium and the teacher, <br>
Mr. Karp... Oh, Mr. Karp... <br>
Anyway, he puts us up on the stage with <br>
our legs around each other, <br>
one in back of the other and he says:<br>
"Okay... we're going to do improvisations. <br>
Now, you're on a bobsled. It's snowing out. <br>
And it's cold...Okay...GO!"<br>
<br>
Ev'ry day for a week we would try to <br>
Feel the motion, feel the motion <br>
Down the hill.<br>
<br>
Ev'ry day for a week we would try to <br>
Hear the wind rush, hear the wind rush, <br>
Feel the chill.<br>
<br>
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul<br>
To see what I had inside.<br>
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul<br>
And I tried, I tried.<br>
<br>
[Spoken]<br>
And everybody's goin' "Whooooosh, whooooosh ...<br>
I feel the snow... I feel the cold... I feel the air."<br>
And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says, <br>
"Okay, Morales. What did you feel?"<br>
<br>
[sings]<br>
And I said..."Nothing, <br>
I'm feeling nothing,"<br>
And he says "Nothing <br>
Could get a girl transferred."<br>
<br>
They all felt something, <br>
But I felt nothing<br>
Except the feeling <br>
That this bullshit was absurd!<br>
<br>
[Spoken]<br>
But I said to myself, "Hey, it's only the first week. <br>
Maybe it's genetic. <br>
They don't have bobsleds in San Juan!"<br>
<br>
[sings]<br>
Second week, more advanced, and we had to <br>
Be a table, be a sportscar...<br>
Ice-cream cone.<br>
<br>
Mister Karp, he would say,"Very good, <br>
except Morales. Try, Morales, <br>
All alone."<br>
<br>
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul<br>
To see how an ice cream felt.<br>
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul<br>
And I tried to melt.<br>
<br>
The kids yelled, "Nothing!"<br>
They called me "Nothing"<br>
And Karp allowed it, <br>
Which really makes me burn.<br>
<br>
The were so helpful. <br>
They called me "Hopeless",<br>
Until I really didn't know <br>
Where else to turn.<br>
<br>
[Spoken]<br>
And Karp kept saying,<br>
"Morales, I think you should transfer to Girl's High,<br>
You'll never be an actress, Never!" Jesus Christ!<br>
<br>
Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria,<br>
Send me guidance, send me guidance," <br>
On my knees.<br>
<br>
Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria,<br>
Help me feel it, help me feel it. <br>
Pretty please!"<br>
<br>
And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul<br>
Came up to the top of my head.<br>
And the voice from down at the bottom of my soul,<br>
Here is what it said:<br>
<br>
"This man is nothing!<br>
This course is nothing!<br>
If you want something,<br>
Go find another class.<br>
<br>
And when you find one<br>
You'll be an actress."<br>
And I assure you that's what <br>
Fin'lly came to pass.<br>
<br>
Six months later I heard that Karp had died.<br>
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul... <br>
And cried.<br>
'Cause I felt... nothing.<br>
<br>
