Wicked - The Wizard And I lyrics

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