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You’ve Got Nothing, Part 2 Lyrics by Paul Alexander Nolan, Wade McCollum, Stan Brown (Actor), Joe De Paul

Water for Elephants (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2024

[AUGUST, spoken]
Wade, we're picking up stakes and moving out
[WADE, spoken]
You're gonna cancel a sold-out show?
[AUGUST]
I'm not taking votes, Wade
This is dictation
Get it?
I want Jacob off of my train
Before the next station
Red-light him!
[CAMEL, spoken]
The hell you will
[AUGUST]
Careful taking a stand, Camel
You're better off sitting
Yeah, I've seen you eating our food
Without lifting a finger
Drinking us dry
Like your bottle of liquor
You and the vet
And the rest of you takers
Seem to forget what you best to remember
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
Without me!
[CAMEL]
Well, I'll be good goddamned
It never ceases to inspire
The things that people will accept
Out of the mouth of a proven liar
[CAMEL, spoken]
On one hand, you got Jacob, works hard with his head down
Tends to the unwell, cleans up Rosie, turns this shit show around
[WALTER]
Amen, brother!
On the other hand, you got the boss man
With the big plans to pack the stands
Or if you recall, he nearly ran
This whole tin can operation to the ground
[AUGUST, spoken]
You're done, Walter!
[CAMEL]
You should be thanking Jacob
But I guess all the thanks he can expect
Is paranoia, slander, and the specter of death
But August speaks the truth
In one respect
[CAMEL, spoken]
Ha ha, we got nothing, all right
And that's just how he likes it
[AUGUST]
You think you've got nothing?
Just wait
Unless someone's got something else they'd like to say
I think we've had our share of grievances aired for one day
[AUGUST, spoken]
Everybody out
Not you
You stay
[WADE, spoken]
I'm not killin' anybody, boss
[AUGUST, spoken]
Because of your friends?
You don't get friends, Wade
[AUGUST]
You get hungry, Wade
You get tired and sick
For the bottle that you can't afford
'Cause you're too broken to hold down a job
Hell, you're too mean for the army, Wade, remember?
Until I come along
You remember?
And things get a little bit better
And you get a roof overhead
And a soft little bed
And all I require
Is that you do what I said
That's your only real value
Without that, what are you?
Well, Wade, I'll tell you
You are nothing
Say it
[WADE & AUGUST]
I am nothing without you (You are nothing without me)
[WADE]
I am nothing
[CAMEL, spoken]
Don't do it, Wade, you're better than this
[WADE]
I am nothing
[CAMEL, spoken]
Look at me
The train's goin' too fast
[WADE]
I am nothing
[CAMEL, spoken]
Wade!
[WADE]
I am nothing!
[WALTER, spoken]
Queenie!
[CAMEL, spoken]
Wade!
[Train whistle screams.]
Credits
Paul Alexander Nolan

Paul Alexander Nolan

Wade McCollum

Wade McCollum

Stan Brown (Actor)

Stan Brown (Actor)

Joe De Paul

Joe De Paul

About “You’ve Got Nothing, Part 2” by Paul Alexander Nolan

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