"For Good"
"Nothing"
Lyrics for "For Good":
ELPHABA: I'm limited just look at me
I'm limited and just look at you
you can do all I couldn't do, Glinda,
so now its up to you for both of us
now it's up to you
GLINDA: I've heard it said
that people come into our lives
for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
and we are lead to those
who help us most to grow
if we let them and we help them in return
Well I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
because I knew you.
Like a comet pulled from orbit
as it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
halfway through the wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better
but, because I knew you
I have been changed for good.
ELPHABA: It well may be
that we will never meet again
in this lifetime
so let me say before we part
so much of me is made
from what I learned from you
You'll be with me
like a hand print on my heart
Now whatever way our stories end
I know you have rewritten mine
by being my friend
Like a ship blown from it's mooring
by a wind off the sea
like a seed dropped by a sky bird
in a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
GLINDA: because I knew you
BOTH: I have been changed for good
ELPHABA: And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
for the things I've done
you blame me for
GLINDA: But then I guess we know
there's blame to share
BOTH: And none of it seems to matter any more
GLINDA & ELPHBA: Like a comet pulled from orbit
(like a ship blown from its mooring)
As it passes a sun
(By a wind off the sea)
Like a stream that meets a boulder
(Like a seed dropped by a bird)
Halfway through the wood
(in a wood)
BOTH: Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed
for the better
GLINDA: And because I knew you
ELPHABA: because I knew you
BOTH: because I knew you,
I have been changed
...for
... good.
Lyrics for "Nothing":
Lyrics for "Nothing":
[DIANA] I'm so excited because
I'm gonna go to the High School of Performing Arts!
I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress.
Anyway, it's the first day acting class
--and we're in the auditorium--
and the teacher, Mr. Karp... Oh, Mr. Karp...
Anyway, he puts us up on the stage with our legs around each other,
one in back of the other and he says:
"Okay... we're going to do improvisations.
Now, you're on a bobsled.
It's snowing out.
And it's cold...Okay...GO!"
Ev'ry day for a week we would try to
Feel the motion,
feel the motion
Down the hill.
Ev'ry day for a week we would try 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.
[Spoken]And everybody's goin'
"Whooooosh, whooooosh
...I feel the snow
... I feel the cold
... I feel the air."
And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says,
"Okay, Morales. What did you feel?"
[sings]And I said...
"Nothing, I'm feeling nothing,"
And he says "Nothing Could get a girl transferred."
They all felt something,
But I felt nothing
Except the feeling That this bulls**t was absurd!
[Spoken]But I said to myself,
"Hey, it's only the first week.
Maybe it's genetic.
They don't have bobsleds in San Juan!"
[sings]Second week,
more advanced,
and we had to
Be a table,
be a sports car
...Ice-cream cone.
Mister Karp, he would say,
"Very good, except Morales.
Try, Morales, All alone."
And 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.
The were so helpful.
They called me "Hopeless,"
Until I really didn't know
Where else to turn.
[Spoken]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, praying,
"Santa Maria,
Send me guidance, send me guidance,"
On my knees.
Went to church, praying,
"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 the 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 another class.
And when you find one
You'll be an actress."
And I assure you that's what
Fin'lly 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.
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