WONDERFUL

[THE WIZARD] TAKE IT FROM A WISE OLD CARNY ONCE FOLKS BUY INTO YOUR BLARNEY IT BECOMES THE THING THEY'LL MOST HOLD ONTO ONCE THEY'VE SWALLOWED SHAM AND HOKUM FACTS AND LOGIC WON'T UNCHOKE 'EM THEY'LL GO ON BELIEVING WHAT THEY WANT TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY WHAT'S THE SCORE THEY'LL JUST BELIEVE IT EVEN MORE “WONDERFUL” THEY CALLED ME “WONDERFUL” SO I SAID, “WONDERFUL” IF YOU INSIST “WONDERFUL” I WILL BE WONDERFUL... [THE WIZARD, GLINDA] BELIEVE ME, IT'S HARD TO RESIST 'CAUSE IT FEELS WONDERFUL! [GLINDA] THEY THINK HE'S WONDERFUL [THE WIZARD] HEY, LOOK WHO'S WONDERFUL: THIS CORN-FED HICK WHO SAID, “IT MIGHT BE KEEN TO BUILD A TOWN OF GREEN... AND A WONDERFUL ROAD OF YELLOW BRICK” (You know, we could be like a family.) (You know, I've never really had a family.) [ELPHABA] (Lucky you.) [THE WIZARD] (That's why I've wanted to) (give the citizens of Oz everything.) [ELPHABA] (So you lied to them.) [THE WIZARD] THE TRUTH IS NOT A THING OF FACT OR REASON THE TRUTH IS JUST WHAT EV'RYONE AGREES ON (You see, back where I come from, we got a whole lot of people who believe) (all sorts of things that aren't true. You know what we call it? History.) A MAN'S CALLED A TRAITOR... OR LIBERATOR A RICH MAN'S A THIEF... OR PHILANTHROPIST IS ONE AN INVADER OR NOBLE CRUSADER? IT'S ALL IN WHICH LABEL IS ABLE TO PERSIST THERE ARE PRECIOUS FEW AT EASE WITH MORAL AMBIGUITIES SO WE ACT AS THOUGH THEY DON'T EXIST! [GLINDA] THEY CALL HIM “WONDERFUL” [THE WIZARD] SO I AM WONDERFUL... [GLINDA] HE IS SO WONDERFUL IT'S PART OF HIS NAME! [THE WIZARD, GLINDA] AND WITH OUR HELP YOU CAN BE THE SAME... [GLINDA] (Elphie... think of what we could do... together.) UNLIMITED TOGETHER WE'RE UNLIMITED TOGETHER WE'LL BE THE GREATEST TEAM THERE'S EVER BEEN, ELPHIE [ELPHABA] DREAMS THE WAY WE PLANNED 'EM [GLINDA] IF WE WORK IN TANDEM [GLINDA, ELPHABA] THERE'S NO FIGHT WE CANNOT WIN [THE WIZARD] AT LONG, LONG LAST RECEIVE YOUR DUE [GLINDA] LONG OVERDUE [THE WIZARD] ELPHABA A CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT OZ THAT'S ALL TO DO WITH YOU [THE WIZARD, GLINDA] WONDERFUL THEY'LL CALL YOU WONDERFUL [GLINDA] COME AND BE WONDERFUL [THE WIZARD] TRUST ME, IT'S FUN! [GLINDA] WE WILL BE WONDERFUL [THE WIZARD] YOU'LL MAKE ME WONDERFUL! [THE WIZARD, GLINDA] WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL!