So What Lyrics

So, the year is 1929
The place is 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, 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 is to let
The fifty that I get
Will be fifty more than I had yesterday
When you′re as old as I
God, is anyone as 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
You 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 housework
Not me
So what?
Now I wash down the walls and I sweep up the floor
And I empty the chamber pot
If it ended that way, then it ended that way
And I sigh and I say, "So what?"

For the sun will rise and the moon will set
You 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 bosom was boyish and flat
So what?
But I had a man who was so disappointed in that
So what?
Now I have what he wants and my bosom is full
And he lies in a churchyard plot
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 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
Now all of 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 like 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 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?