The Wizard And I

[00:04.36] Oh, Miss Elphaba
[00:09.53] Many years I have waited
[00:12.26] For a gift like yours to appear
[00:15.92] Why, I predict the Wizard might make you his magic grand vizier
[00:24.35] My dear, my dear
[00:26.65] I'll write at once to the Wizard
[00:30.28] Tell him of you in advance
[00:33.67] With a talent like yours, dear
[00:36.06] There is a definish chance
[00:39.97] If you work as you should
[00:44.66] You'll be making good
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[00:53.22] Welcome to Shiz
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[01:06.01] Did that really just happen?
[01:09.05] Have I actually understood?
[01:12.55] This weird quirk I've tried to suppress or hide
[01:18.18] Is a talent that could help me meet the Wizard
[01:26.65] If I make good
[01:32.19] So I'll make good
[01:42.32] When I meet the Wizard
[01:45.78] Once I prove my worth
[01:48.93] And then I meet the Wizard
[01:51.58] What I've waited for since, since birth
[01:54.85] And with all his Wizard wisdom
[01:58.03] By my looks, he won't be blinded
[02:01.67] Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
[02:05.07] Or like Munchkins, so small-minded? No!
[02:08.55] He'll say to me, "I see who you truly are
[02:11.77] A girl on whom I can rely"
[02:15.06] And that's how we'll begin
[02:17.75] The Wizard and I
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[02:25.76] Once I'm with the Wizard
[02:28.92] My whole life will change
[02:32.29] 'Cause once you're with the Wizard
[02:35.33] No one thinks you're strange
[02:38.05] No father is not proud of you
[02:41.34] No sister acts ashamed
[02:45.28] And all of Oz has to love you
[02:47.93] When by the Wizard you're acclaimed
[02:51.62] And this gift or this curse I have inside
[02:55.24] Maybe at last, I'll know why
[02:58.30] As we work hand in hand
[03:01.08] The Wizard and I
[03:05.17] And one day, he'll say to me
[03:06.72] "Elphaba, a girl who is so superior
[03:11.93] Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
[03:15.42] Have a matching exterior?
[03:17.91] And since folks here to an absurd degree
[03:21.49] Seem fixated on your verdigris
[03:25.01] Would it be alright by you
[03:29.13] If I de-greenify you?"
[03:34.47] And though, of course, that's not important to me
[03:38.15] "Alright, why not?" I'll reply
[03:41.12] Oh, what a pair we'll be, the Wizard and I
[03:48.12] Yes, what a pair we'll be, the Wizard and-
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[03:59.58] Unlimited
[04:03.59] My future is unlimited
[04:08.30] And I've just had a vision, almost like a prophecy
[04:13.13] I know it sounds truly crazy
[04:18.56] And true, the vision's hazy
[04:22.16] But I swear, someday there'll be
[04:26.19] A celebration throughout Oz
[04:29.23] That's all to do with me!
[04:39.88] And I'll stand there with the Wizard
[04:45.18] Feeling things I've never felt
[04:49.66] And though I'd never show it
[04:52.03] I'd be so happy I could melt
[04:55.73] And so it will be for the rest of my life
[04:58.84] And I'll want nothing else 'til I die
[05:01.87] Held in such high esteem
[05:06.65] When people see me, they will scream
[05:09.89] For half of Oz's favorite team
[05:16.88] The Wizard and I
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