THE WIZARD AND I

(●Oh, Miss Elphaba) ●Many years I have waited ●For a gift like yours to appear ●Why, I predict the wizard might 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 definish chance ●If you work as you should ●You'll be making good (●Welcome to Shiz) ○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 ○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 de-greenify 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 ○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'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 fav'rite team The wizard And I!