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Nothing Lyrics by Kim Criswell

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[DIANA]
\nEvery day for a week we would try to feel the motion
\nFeel the motion
\nDown the hill
\nEvery day for a week we would try to hear the wind rush
\nHear the wind rush
\nFeel the chill
\nAnd I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
\nTo see what I had inside
\nYes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
\nAnd I tried, I tried!
\n
\n[DIANA, spoken]
\nAnd everybody's going, "Woosh, woosh
\nI feel the snow, I feel the cold, I feel the air"
\nAnd Mr. Karp turns to me and he says
\n"Okay, Morales, what did you feel?"
\n
\n[DIANA]
\nAnd I said, "Nothing
\nI'm feeling nothing"
\nAnd he says, "'Nothing' could get a girl transferred"
\nThey all felt something
\nBut I felt nothing
\nExcept the feeling that this bullshit was absurd
\n
\n[DIANA, spoken]
\nBut I said to myself, "Hey, it's only the first week
\nMaybe it's genetic
\nThеy don't have bobsleds in San Juan"
\n
\n[DIANA]
\nSecond week, morе advanced, and we had to be a table
\nBe a sports car
\nIce cream cone
\nMr. Karp, he would say, "Very good, except Morales
\nTry, Morales
\nAll alone"
\n
\nSo I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
\nTo see how an ice cream felt
\nYes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
\nAnd I tried to melt
\nThe kids yelled, "Nothing!"
\nThey called me "Nothing"
\nAnd Karp allowed it, which really makes me burn
\nThey were so helpful
\nThey called me "Hopeless"
\nUntil I really didn't know where else to turn
\n
\n[DIANA, spoken]
\nAnd Karp kept saying
\n"Morales, I think you should transfer to Girls' High
\nYou'll never be an actress, never"
\nJesus Christ!
\n
\n[DIANA]
\nWent to church, praying, Santa Maria
\nSend me guidance
\nSend me guidance
\nOn my knees
\nWent to church, praying, Santa Maria
\nHelp me feel it
\nHelp me feel it
\nPretty please
\n
\nAnd a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
\nCame up to the top of my head
\nAnd a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
\nHere is what it said:
\n"This man is nothing!
\nThis course is nothing!
\nIf you want something, go find a better class
\nAnd when you find one
\nYou'll be an actress"
\nAnd I assure you that's what finally came to pass
\n
\nSix months later I heard that Karp had died
\nAnd I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
\nAnd cried
\n'Cause I felt nothing\n\n
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Kim Criswell

Kim Criswell

About “Nothing” by Kim Criswell

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"Nothing" appears on "Back to Before".

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