The year is 1929, the place ist Berlin?
And she said to him:
?Young man look, it's a very nice room,
You have a bed, you have a writing desk ?
What more could you want??
And it's not expensive, it's only a hundred Marks.?
And he said to her: ? But I only have fifty.?
And she said: ?You only have fif..well, fif ?
Come on, it's worth ? it's worth more than a hundred Marks ?
What do you mean, you -?
Fifty? Sit!
You say fifty marks, I say a hundred marks.
A difference of fifty Marks
Why should that stand in the way?
As long as the room's to let
The fifty that I will get
Will be fifty more than I had yesterday!
When you're as old as I-
God, is anyone old as I?
What difference does it make?
Young man, an offer comes, you take!
For the sun will rise and the moon will set,
And you'll learn how to settle for what you get,
It'll all go on if we're here or not,
So, who cares, so what?
So, who cares, so what?
When I was a girl, my summers were spent by the sea, so what?
And I had a maid doing all of the house work, not me, so what?
Now I wash down the walls, and I sweep up the floor
And I empty that chamber pot.
If it ended that way, then it ended that way,
And I shrug and I say, so what?
For the sun will rise and the moon will set
And you'll learn how to settle for what you get,
It'll all go on if we're here or not,
So, who cares, so what?
So, who cares, so what?
When I was a girl, my busom was boyish and flat, so what?
But, I had a man who was so disappointed of that, so what?
Now I have what he wants and my busom is full,
And he lies in a churchyard lot.
If it wasn't to be that he ever would see
The abundance of me, so what?
For the sun will rise and the moon will set
You'll learn how to settle for what you get,
It'll all go on if we're here or not,
So, who cares, so what?
So, who cares, so what?
Once I was rich,
And now all my fortune is gone, so what?
And love, love disappeared,
And only the memory lives on, so what?
If I've lived through all that,
And I've lived through all that,
Fifty Marks doesn't mean a lot!
If I liked that you're here,
And I like that you're here ?
Happy New Year, my dear, so what!
For the sun will rise and the moon will set
You'll learn how to settle for what you get,
It'll all go on if we're here or not,
So, who cares, so what?
So, who cares, so what?
It'll all go on?.
So, who cares?
Who cares? Who cares?
So what?...
Writer(s): John Kander, Fred Ebb
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