w & m Anne Hills
© 2009 Raven Heart Music (ASCAP)

From Anne’s album Points of View

I’m nobody, don’t ask my name.
It’s nobody’s business, nobody’s to blame.
And I’ll be nobody whatever I do
‘Coz my mama told me, and my papa told me
and they ‘oughta know
‘coz they’re nobodies, too.

I’m nobody and I don’t care.
If you look in my eyes you’ll see nobody there
and nobody bugs me but “you-know-who”.
‘Coz my sisters told me and my brothers told me
And when they get mad
that’s what nobodies do.

When you’re nobody, no reason to try.
No, why worry, life passes you by.
And there ain’t nobody worth listenin’ too.
‘Coz nobody knows what you’re goin’ through.

I’m nobody and I don’t vote.
I bought nobody’s dream, I rock nobody’s boat.
If I disappeared, hey, nobody would know.
‘Coz my TV makes clear, politicians don’t hear
so I’ll go, my dear
where nobody can go.

And when I sing, ”Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen”
and “I’m nobody’s Baby” babe, I know what I mean.

I’m nobody and who are you?
Emily Dickinson asked, she was nobody, too.
Or are you somebody, somebody to see
that nobody is better, nobody could be
and nobody’s perfect.
Nobody.