The Wizard And I Lyrics
MADAME MORRIBLE
(spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba:
(sung) Many years I have waited
For a gift like yours to appear
Why, I predict the Wizard
Could make you his
Magic grand vizier!
My dear, my dear
I'll write at once to the Wizard
Tell him of you in advance
With a talent like yours, dear
There is a defin-ish chance
If you work as you should
You'll be making good:
ELPHABA
Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I've tried
To supress 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 your 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,
As we work 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 degreenify you?"
And though 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!
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'll be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be for the rest of my life,
And I'll want nothing else till 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!