Nothing

Song Nothing
Artist Lea Salonga
Album The Broadway Concert

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作词 : Edward Kleban
[00:00.369] 作曲 : Marvin Hamlish
[00:00.739] I'm so excited because I'm gonna go to the High School of Performing Arts!
[00:04.424] I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress.
[00:07.963] Anyway, it's the first day acting class and we're in the auditorium
[00:11.251] And the teacher, Mr. Karp, puts us up on the stage with our legs around everybody,
[00:15.081] One in back of the other and he says:
[00:17.153] "Okay... we're going to do improvisations.
[00:20.265] Now, you're on a bobsled, and it's snowing out.
[00:24.072] And it's cold... Okay... GO!"
[00:35.218] Every day for a week we would try to
[00:37.846] Feel the motion, feel the motion
[00:43.466] Down the hill
[00:46.066] Every day for a week we would try to
[00:48.923] Hear the wind rush, hear the wind rush
[00:54.598] Feel the chill
[00:56.866] And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[00:59.819] To see what I had inside
[01:02.606] Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[01:05.751] And I tried, I tried
[01:10.239] And everybody's goin' "Whooooosh, whooooosh ...
[01:13.923] I feel the snow... I feel the cold... I feel the air."
[01:17.634] And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says,
[01:20.215] "Okay, Morales. What did you feel?"
[01:27.405] And I said... "Nothing,
[01:30.018] I'm feeling nothing"
[01:32.691] And he says "Nothing could get a girl transferred."
[01:38.468] They all felt something
[01:41.316] But I felt nothing
[01:43.854] Except the feeling that this nonsense was absurd!
[01:48.882] But I said to myself, "Hey, it's only the first week.
[01:52.018] Maybe it's genetic. They don't have bobsleds in San Juan!"
[01:56.095] Second week, more advanced, and we had to
[01:58.944] Be a table, be a sportscar
[02:04.551] Ice-cream cone
[02:07.333] Mr. Karp, he would say,"Very good,
[02:09.864] Except Morales. Try, Morales,
[02:15.736] All alone."
[02:18.328] And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[02:21.336] To see how an ice cream felt
[02:24.123] Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[02:27.645] And I tried to melt
[02:32.066] The kids yelled, "Nothing!"
[02:34.644] They called me "Nothing"
[02:37.414] And Karp allowed it
[02:39.558] Which really makes me burn
[02:43.351] They were so helpful
[02:46.207] They called me "Hopeless"
[02:48.726] Until I really didn't know
[02:51.887] Where else to turn
[02:53.947] And Karp kept saying,
[02:55.029] "Morales, I think you ought to transfer to Girl's High.
[02:58.528] You'll never be an actress, Never!"
[03:01.305] Jesus Christ!
[03:03.981] Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria,
[03:06.678] Send me guidance, send me guidance."
[03:12.318] On my knees
[03:15.370] Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria,
[03:18.106] Help me feel it, help me feel it.
[03:24.262] Pretty please!"
[03:26.686] And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
[03:29.491] Came up to the top of my head
[03:32.151] And the voice from down at the bottom of my soul
[03:35.616] Here is what it said:
[03:40.132] "This man is nothing!
[03:42.747] This course is nothing!
[03:45.547] If you want something,
[03:47.835] Go find a better class.
[03:51.234] And when you find one
[03:54.130] You'll be an actress."
[03:57.090] And I assure you that's what
[03:59.528] Finally came to pass
[04:04.926] Six months later I heard that Karp had died
[04:14.110] And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[04:20.898] And cried
[04:29.965] 'Cause I felt... nothing

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò cí : Edward Kleban
[00:00.369] zuò qǔ : Marvin Hamlish
[00:00.739] I' m so excited because I' m gonna go to the High School of Performing Arts!
[00:04.424] I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress.
[00:07.963] Anyway, it' s the first day acting class and we' re in the auditorium
[00:11.251] And the teacher, Mr. Karp, puts us up on the stage with our legs around everybody,
[00:15.081] One in back of the other and he says:
[00:17.153] " Okay... we' re going to do improvisations.
[00:20.265] Now, you' re on a bobsled, and it' s snowing out.
[00:24.072] And it' s cold... Okay... GO!"
[00:35.218] Every day for a week we would try to
[00:37.846] Feel the motion, feel the motion
[00:43.466] Down the hill
[00:46.066] Every day for a week we would try to
[00:48.923] Hear the wind rush, hear the wind rush
[00:54.598] Feel the chill
[00:56.866] And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[00:59.819] To see what I had inside
[01:02.606] Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[01:05.751] And I tried, I tried
[01:10.239] And everybody' s goin' " Whooooosh, whooooosh ...
[01:13.923] I feel the snow... I feel the cold... I feel the air."
[01:17.634] And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says,
[01:20.215] " Okay, Morales. What did you feel?"
[01:27.405] And I said... " Nothing,
[01:30.018] I' m feeling nothing"
[01:32.691] And he says " Nothing could get a girl transferred."
[01:38.468] They all felt something
[01:41.316] But I felt nothing
[01:43.854] Except the feeling that this nonsense was absurd!
[01:48.882] But I said to myself, " Hey, it' s only the first week.
[01:52.018] Maybe it' s genetic. They don' t have bobsleds in San Juan!"
[01:56.095] Second week, more advanced, and we had to
[01:58.944] Be a table, be a sportscar
[02:04.551] Icecream cone
[02:07.333] Mr. Karp, he would say," Very good,
[02:09.864] Except Morales. Try, Morales,
[02:15.736] All alone."
[02:18.328] And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[02:21.336] To see how an ice cream felt
[02:24.123] Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[02:27.645] And I tried to melt
[02:32.066] The kids yelled, " Nothing!"
[02:34.644] They called me " Nothing"
[02:37.414] And Karp allowed it
[02:39.558] Which really makes me burn
[02:43.351] They were so helpful
[02:46.207] They called me " Hopeless"
[02:48.726] Until I really didn' t know
[02:51.887] Where else to turn
[02:53.947] And Karp kept saying,
[02:55.029] " Morales, I think you ought to transfer to Girl' s High.
[02:58.528] You' ll never be an actress, Never!"
[03:01.305] Jesus Christ!
[03:03.981] Went to church, praying, " Santa Maria,
[03:06.678] Send me guidance, send me guidance."
[03:12.318] On my knees
[03:15.370] Went to church, praying, " Santa Maria,
[03:18.106] Help me feel it, help me feel it.
[03:24.262] Pretty please!"
[03:26.686] And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
[03:29.491] Came up to the top of my head
[03:32.151] And the voice from down at the bottom of my soul
[03:35.616] Here is what it said:
[03:40.132] " This man is nothing!
[03:42.747] This course is nothing!
[03:45.547] If you want something,
[03:47.835] Go find a better class.
[03:51.234] And when you find one
[03:54.130] You' ll be an actress."
[03:57.090] And I assure you that' s what
[03:59.528] Finally came to pass
[04:04.926] Six months later I heard that Karp had died
[04:14.110] And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
[04:20.898] And cried
[04:29.965] ' Cause I felt... nothing