Not for Nothin Songtext
von Valorie Miller

Swollen river, flowing twice your normal size
Please deliver every single tear I cry
To the crops of a farmer, to a bucket in a well
To the flames of a wildfire, rain them on hell
Or what′s the reason that they fall from my eyes
Is it all for nothing when I cry?
Oh, is it all for nothing when I cry?


Said the river, flowing twice its normal size
I will deliver every single tear you cry
To the lips of the thirsty, to the drought of the land
To the homes of the poisoned in Flint, Michigan
That's the reason that they fall from your eyes
It′s not for nothing when you cry
Oh no, it's not for nothing when you cry

Little hummingbird, all that lightning in your wings
Could I borrow? 'Cause my heart skips a beat
When a man has a temper, when comes a thunderstorm
When a child has to suffer just for being born
If it′s beating, is my heart blessed?
Or all for nothing in my chest?
Oh, is it all for nothing in my chest?


Said the hummingbird, yes the lightning in my wings
You can borrow when your heart skips a beat
If it stops because it cannot contain
All the conundrums unexplained
If it′s beating, your heart is blessed
It's not for nothing in your chest
Oh no, it′s not for nothing, beating in your chest