The Wizard And I Lyrics - Singles - Wicked

MADAME MORRIBLE 

(spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba: 

(sung) Many years I have waited 

For a gift like yours to appear 

Why, I predict the Wizard 

Could 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 defin-ish chance 

If you work as you should 

You'll be making good: 

ELPHABA 

Did that really just happen? 

Have I actually understood? 

This weird quirk I try 

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 

When we are hand and 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!