John Kander - So What? lyrics

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER, spoken in rhythm] You say fifty marks. I say one hundred marks, a Difference of fifty marks Why should that stand in our way? As long as the room gets let The fifty that I will get Is fifty more that I had yesterday Ja? When you're as old as I Is anyone as old as I? What difference does it make? An offer comes, you take [FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER][Chorus:] For the sun will rise And the moon will set And learn how to settle For what you get It will 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 scrub all the floors And I wash down the walls And I empty the chamber pot If it ended that way Then it ended that way And I shrug and I say So what? [Chorus] When I had a man My figure was dumpy and fat So what? Through all of our years He was so disappointed in that So what? Now I have what he missed And my figure is trim But he lies in a churchyard plot If it wasn't to be That he ever would see The uncorseted me So what? [Chorus] So once I was rich And now all my fortune is gone So what? And love disappeared And only the memory lives on And 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 like that you're here (And I like that you're here) Happy New Year, my dear So what? [Chorus] It all goes on So who cares? Who cares? Who cares? So what?