Claudia Schmidt Nothing lyrics

Today I'm just a woman, not a fighter, not a dreamer,
Not a singer, not a schemer, I'm a girl in my pajamas
With a lovely book to read
And isn't it fantastic to be circumspect and tender,
Not a hero or pretender to a throne I never asked for
And I certainly don't need
And I will give them nothing, and nothing is my name
And though they preen and posture, they are nothing just the same
And I will cook some breakfast, and I will feed the birds,
And I'll stay here the whole damn day
Free of schedules, worries, and words

The world continues raging with its huddled masses thronging
With its hunger and its longing just to get a little closer
To what passes for success

But I am just a woman claiming nothing this respite
Though the tyrant and the despot never cease their greedy grabbing
In their passion to possess
And I will give them nothing and nothing's fine with me
You can have your expectation, I will take my ecstasy
But if you care to join me, I will hold a space for you
It will be the nothing special
Only known by me and you, too

Today I'm just a woman, a woman claiming nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing
And isn't it fantastic