Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I’ve tried
to suppress or hide
is a talent that could
help me meet the Wizard,
if I make good.
So I’ll make good…
When I meet the Wizard,
once I prove my worth,
and then I meet the Wizard,
what I’ve waited for since, since birth.
And with all his Wizard wisdom,
by my looks, he won’t be blinded.
Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
Or like Munchkins so small-minded?
No, he’ll say to me
”I see who you truly are,
a girl on whom I can rely.”
And that’s how we’ll begin
the Wizard and I…
Once I’m with the Wizard
my whole life will change.
‘Cause once you’re with the Wizard
no one thinks you’re strange.
No father is not proud of you,
no sister acts ashamed.
And all of Oz has to love you
when by the Wizard
you’re acclaimed.
And this gift or this curse
I have inside,
maybe at last,
I’ll know why.
When we are hand in hand
the Wizard and I.
And one day,
he’ll say to me “Elphaba,
a girl who is so superior,
shouldn’t a girl
who’s so good inside
have a matching exterior?
And since folks here
to an absurd degree
seem fixated
on your verdigris,
would it be all right by you
if I de-greenify you?”
Of course that’s not important to me.
“All right, why not”,
I’ll reply. Oh,
what a pair we’ll be
the Wizard and I.
Yes, what a pair we’ll be
the Wizard and
Unlimited,
my future is
unlimited.
And I’ve just had a vision almost like a prophecy.
I know,
it sounds truly crazy,
and true, the vision’s hazy.
But I swear,
someday there’ll be
a celebration throughout Oz,
that’s all to do with me!
And I’ll stand there with the Wizard
feeling things I’ve never felt.
And though I’d never show it
I’d be so happy,
I could melt.
And so it will be
for the rest of my life,
and I’ll want nothing else
’til I die.
Held in such high esteem,
when people see me
they will scream.
For half of Oz’s favorite team,
the Wizard and I.