Wizard: I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS OR PLANNED IT IN ADVANCE
I WAS MERELY BLOWN HERE BY THE WINDS OF CHANCE
I NEVER SAW MYSELF AS A SOLOMON OR SOCRATES
I KNEW WHO I WAS, ONE OF YOUR DIME-A-DOZEN MEDIOCRITIES
THEN SUDDENLY I'M HERE, RESPECTED, WORSHIPPED EVEN
JUST BECAUSE THE FOLKS IN OZ NEEDED SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU I GOT HOOKED, AND ALL TOO SOON?
WHAT CAN I SAY, I GOT CARRIED AWAY
AND NOT JUST BY BALLOON?
WONDERFUL
THEY CALLED ME WONDERFUL
SO I SAID, "WONDERFUL
IF YOU INSIST
I WILL BE WONDERFUL"
AND THEY SAID "WONDERFUL!"
BELIEVE ME IT'S HARD TO RESIST
'CAUSE IT FEELS WONDERFUL
THEY THINK I'M WONDERFUL
HEY LOOK WHO'S WONDERFUL, THIS CORNFED HICK
WHO SAID, "IT MIGHT BE KEEN
TO BUILD A TOWN OF GREEN
AND A WONDERFUL ROAD OF YELLOW BRICK"
You see, I never had a family of my own, so I
guess I just wanted to give the citizens of
Oz ... everything.
Elphaba: So you lied to them.
Wizard: Elphaba, where I come from, we believe all
sorts of things that aren't true. We call it history.
A MAN'S CALLED A TRAITOR OR LIBERATOR
A RICH MAN'S A THIEF OR PHILANTHROPIST
IS ONE A CRUSADER OR RUTHLESS INVADER
IT'S ALL IN WHICH LABEL IS ABLE TO PERSIST
THERE ARE PRECIOUS FEW AT EASE
WITH MORAL AMBIGUITIES
AND SO WE ACT AS IF THEY DON'T EXIST!
THEY CALL ME WONDERFUL
SO I AM WONDERFUL
IN FACT IT'S SO MUCH WHO I AM
IT'S PART OF MY NAME!
AND WITH MY HELP, YOU CAN BE THE SAME
AT LONG LAST, RECEIVE YOUR DUE, LONG OVERDUE
ELPHABA ... THE MOST CELEBRATED
ARE THE REHABILITATED
THERE'LL BE SUCH A WHOOP-DE-DOO
A CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT OZ
THAT'S ALL TO DO WITH YOU!
WONDERFUL
THEY'LL CALL YOU WONDERFUL
Elphaba: IT DOES SOUND WONDERFUL
Wizard: TRUST ME IT'S FUN!
Both: WHEN YOU ARE WONDERFUL
IT WILL BE WONDERFUL
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL
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