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(spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba: |
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(sung) Many years I have waited |
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For a gift like yours to appear |
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Why, I predict the Wizard |
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Could make you his |
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Magic grand vizier! |
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My dear, my dear |
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I'll write at once to the Wizard |
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Tell him of you in advance |
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With a talent like yours, dear |
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There is a defin-ish chance |
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If you work as you should |
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You'll be making good: |
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ELPHABA |
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Did that really just happen? |
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Have I actually understood? |
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This weird quirk I've tried |
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To suppress or hide |
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Is a talent that could |
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Help me meet the Wizard |
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If I make good |
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So I'll make good: |
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When I meet the Wizard |
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Once I prove my worth |
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And then I meet the Wizard |
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What I've waited for since: since birth! |
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And with all his Wizard wisdom |
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By my looks, he won't be blinded |
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Do you think the Wizard is dumb? |
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Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded? |
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No! He'll say to me, |
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"I see who you truly are - |
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A girl on whom I can rely!" |
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And that's how we'll begin |
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The Wizard and I: |
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Once I'm with the Wizard |
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My whole life will change |
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'Cuz once you're with the Wizard |
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No one thinks you're strange! |
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No father is not proud of you, |
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No sister acts ashamed |
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And all of Oz has to love you |
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When by the Wizard you're acclaimed |
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And this gift - or this curse - |
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I have inside |
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Maybe at last, I'll know why |
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When we are hand and hand - |
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The Wizard and I! |
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And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba, |
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A girl who is so superior |
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Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside |
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Have a matching exterior? |
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And since folks here to an absurd degree |
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Seem fixated on your verdigris |
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Would it be all right by you |
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If I de-greenify you?" |
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And though of course |
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That's not important to me |
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"All right, why not?" I'll reply |
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Oh, what a pair we'll be |
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The Wizard and I: |
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Yes, what a pair we'll be |
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The Wizard and: |
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Unlimited |
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My future is unlimited |
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And I've just had a vision |
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Almost like a prophecy |
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I know - it sounds truly crazy |
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And true, the vision's hazy |
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But I swear, someday there'll be |
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A celebration throughout Oz |
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That's all to do with me! |
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And I'll stand there with the Wizard |
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Feeling things I've never felt |
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And though I'd never show it |
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I'll be so happy, I could melt! |
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And so it will be |
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For the rest of my life |
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And I'll want nothing else |
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Till I die |
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Held in such high esteem |
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When people see me, they will scream |
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For half of Oz's fav'rite team: |
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The Wizard |
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And I! |