Idina Kim Menzel ( /ɪˈdiːnə mɛnˈzɛl/; born Mentzel on May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter.
She rose to prominence for her performance as Maureen Johnson in the Broadway musical Rent, a role which she reprised for the 2005 film adaptation. In 2004 she won the Tony Award for originating the role of Elphaba in the hugely successful Broadway blockbuster Wicked.
Menzel was born in Queens, New York. Her mother, Helene, is a therapist, and her father, Stuart Mentzel, worked as a pajama salesman. Her family is Jewish; her grandparents immigrated from Russia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Her family lived in East Brunswick, Somerset and Marlboro, New Jersey from when she was in kindergarten to third grade, but she considers herself raised in Syosset, New York, with her younger sister Cara. Idina changed her last name to Menzel to better reflect the pronunciation the Mentzel family had adopted in America. When Menzel was 15 years old, her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer, a job which she continued throughout her time at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Drama at NYU prior to being cast in Jonathan Larson's rock musical Rent. She was friends with actor Adam Pascal before they worked together in Rent.
You'd be surprised at all that I've become.
You'd be surprised, I've changed while you've been gone,
And I learned so much more from you than I could ever say.
If you were here, I think that you'd stay...
You'd be surprised how far these arms can reach.
You'd be surprised there's a promise I can keep.
Would you believe that I seldom fall to pieces anymore?
If you were here, you'd like what you saw.
You'd be surprised my life is often sweet.
You'd be surprised it's you who brings me peace...
And for some unearthly reason it takes losing you to see,
If you were here, I'd know just what you'd need.
You'd be surprised I've loved you all along.
You'd be surprised I now confess when I am wrong,
And I see the world around me in a slightly softer shade.
If you were here, you wouldn't walk away...
You'd be surprised if you were here...
We'd make time for all that's disappeared.
And I would hold you like I never could.
You'd be surprised if you were here...
We'd make it right; there'd be no tears,
And you'd confide in me and I'd be there.
I'd be there...
You'd be surprised at all that I've become...
Where do I begin my love
Starting with the things I haven’t said enough of
Starting with the day you changed my life
And ending with the way I feel tonight
Where do I begin
Where do I belong when you’re not here
This is way beyond my darkest fear
I don’t know where I end or where I start
Each mile in between is way too far
Where do I begin
I’ve always counted all my blessings
Knowing you’d defend me
And stand by my side
If only I didn’t lose my senses
Each time I intended
For these words to come out right
Where do I begin my love
Starting with the morning you brought me the sun
Starting with the stars from out of space
You took a few and lit up my face
Where do I begin
I’ve always counted all my blessings
Knowing you’d defend me
And stand by my side
If only I didn’t lose my senses
Each time I intended
For these words to come out right
Where do I begin my love
I always read the last page instead of the first one
Well there’s no need to rush it all in
I love you and I’ll say it again
Where do I begin
Where do I begin
Do you think about the moon?
Made you feel real special 'cause
It followed you everywhere
Do you think about the sun showers?
The way you like to run naked in them and
Shampoo your hair
Do you think about why we sneeze in the sun?
Wish my freckles would just leave us alone
Do you think about when you're older
Will they make a Sunday night movie
About your life?
You think you got tattoos
Your grandkids are gonna like?
Well is your cup half empty? Is your cup half full?
Whatcha gonna be
When you grow up?
Are you a gym teacher,
Rock star, or superhero
In a major motion picture
Action feature, creature?
Over and over figure it out
Maybe today we'll find the message in the clouds
Maybe tomorrow we'll crush a
Nickel on a railroad track
Time is running out I think I think too much
Do you think about the guy
That you first kissed?
Yeah his tongue went in circles
Practically missed your lips
Do you think he's now the world's greatest lover?
Or sitting at home
Watching CNN on TNT or TV?
Do you think about your past life?
Were you a countess, or
A vagabond or James Bond or
Yeah, but bisexual
Do you think I should care what you think?
Do you think about all the books
You haven't read?
Are you a street smart cat
Or are you just an intellect?
Do you think about this now:
The girl who made you miserable
In junior high; made you cry?
Do you thinks she's smoking
Like five packs of cigarettes a day
And going to therapy...
Wait I wasn't finished
Do you think it's normal
For white people to wear dreadlocks?
Are you a barefoot earthling
Or a hermit in socks
Guys in tuxedos are
Kind of deceiving
But you know, you see them in the park, jogging along
It's a little more revealing
Do you think about your funeral?
If you died how many people
Are gonna show up?
Do you think we're capable of change
Or we're just gonna, oh screw up our children?
Do you think about fires-
Who do you rescue first
I wonder if you sleep right now
Do you realize I'm clinging to
The edge of this bed I have
Nowhere to go--I have nowhere
If I leave you'll call me quitter
If I stay you'll punish me with silence and somehow
You'll fall asleep...You'll fall asleep
Well do you know that I won't sleep--No I won't sleep all night
Long
As your silhouette turns its back on my spoon
I'm mesmerized by the ricochet moon
Leaping this leprechaun's
wall
I'm so disenchanting
Intoxicated by my own tear's soul
And come tomorrow
When my beauty is old
Like a speckled princess
I'll try to cash in clovers for gold
So I'll light a candle and begin to
Write, turn to my work as refuge
Though my womb is a rush hour taxi
Ride, but I will try
To metamorphose pain along my plight
But I'll despise each word I write
So I am clinging to the
Edge like some soap-opera star
With her ten second fade
As the light cascades
Do you love me anymore?
I'll try to spin straw into gold
Straw into gold...Straw into gold...Straw into gold
Spinning for mercy
Spinning for hope
Spinning for love
Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one hears these days. Dreadful things...
I've heard of an Ox
A professor from Quox
No longer permitted to teach
Who has lost all powers of speech
And an Owl in Munchkin Rock
A vicar with a thriving flock
Forbidden to preach
Now he can only screech!
Only rumors - but still -
Enough to give pause
To anyone with paws
Something bad is happening in Oz...
Something bad? Happening in Oz?
Under the surface
Behind the scenes
Something baaaaaaad...
Sorry. "Bad"
Doctor Dillamond - If something bad is happening
to the Animals, someone's got to tell the Wizard.
That's why we have a Wizard.
So nothing bad....
I hope you're right...
Nothing all that bad...
Nothing truly baaaaaad....
Sorry... "Bad"...
It couldn't happen here
Sometimes I watch you when you're sleeping
I see you're having dreams tonight
And I know just by the way you're breathing.
That I'm a vision in your mind
Wherever you may go my love,
Wherever you may be.
And all that matters in this world
Is just lying next to me
So sleep tight sweetheart, you're free
So beautiful, you make me smile
So wonderful, you're in my life
Incredible, that you are mine.
So beautiful, you give me life
You bring me joy you bring me sight
I watch the way you love your family
And how everyone looks to you
And I don't want to be here standing
If you didn't hold me, Baby hold me up like you do
Wherever I may go, my love
Wherever I may be
I know my dreams will find you
Just lying next to me
So sleep tight sweetheart, you're free
So beautiful, you make me smile
So wonderful, you're in my life
Incredible, that you are mine.
So beautiful, you give me life
You bring me joy you bring me sight
You help me see
The woman that I know I am,
But always was afraid to be
You show me how live every moment like it's the last
And be all that I am
You're so beautiful
So beautiful, you make me smile
So wonderful, you're in my life
Incredible, that you are mine.
So beautiful, you give me life
You bring me joy you bring me sight
You're so, so, so beautiful
Slowly
Softly
Please serenade me, I'm here
Restless
Reviving
River of life, you are here
Tell me you love me
Tell me you see me
Show me your laughter
Feed me
Tell me you love me
I'll know what you need
Raise your hand
And reach for me
Reach for me
Silent
Slumber
Sweetheart, your thunder is my thorn
Bathing
Beauty
Ballad of bliss, you are born
Tell me you love me
Tell me you see me
Show me your laughter
Oh, won't you feed me
Tell me you love me
I'll know what you need
Raise your hand
And reach for me
Oh baby, won't you reach for me
Pretty
Precious
Prism in darkness, you make me proud
Fragile
Fondly
Finally, a new day we have found
Tell me you love me
Tell me you see me
Show me your laughter
Oh, won't you feed me
Tell me you love me
I'll know what you need
Oh baby, won't you raise your hand
Won't you raise your hand
You see Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project.
You really don't have to do that.
I know. That's what makes me so nice!
WHENEVER I SEE SOMEONE
LESS FORTUNATE THAN I
(AND LET'S FACE IT -- WHO ISN'T
LESS FORTUNATE THAN I?)
MY TENDER HEART
TENDS TO START TO BLEED
AND WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS A MAKEOVER
I SIMPLY HAVE TO TAKE OVER
I KNOW I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED
AND EVEN IN YOUR CASE
THO' IT'S THE TOUGHEST CASE I'VE YET TO FACE
DON'T WORRY -- I'M DETERMINED TO SUCCEED
FOLLOW MY LEAD
AND YES, INDEED
YOU WILL BE...
POPULAR!
YOU'RE GONNA BE POPULAR!
I'LL TEACH YOU THE PROPER PLOYS
WHEN YOU TALK TO BOYS
LITTLE WAYS TO FLIRT AND FLOUNCE
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT SHOES TO WEAR
HOW TO FIX YOUR HAIR
EVERYTHING THAT REALLY COUNTS
TO BE POPULAR!
I'LL HELP YOU BE POPULAR!
YOU'LL HANG WITH THE RIGHT COHORTS
YOU'LL BE GOOD AT SPORTS
KNOW THE SLANG YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
SO LET'S START
'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT AN AWF'LLY LONG WAY TO GO...
DON'T BE OFFENDED BY MY FRANK ANALYSIS
THINK OF IT AS PERSONALITY DIALYSIS
NOW THAT I'VE CHOSEN TO BECOME A PAL, A SIS-
TER AND ADVISER
THERE'S NOBODY WISER
NOT WHEN IT COMES TO POPULAR --
I KNOW ABOUT POPULAR
AND WITH AN ASSIST FROM ME
TO BE WHO YOU'LL BE
INSTEAD OF DREARY WHO-YOU-WERE... ARE...
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP YOU
FROM BECOMING POPU-
LER... LAR...
LA LA LA LA
WE'RE GONNA MAKE
YOU POPULAR...
WHEN I SEE DEPRESSING CREATURES
WITH UNPREPOSSESSING FEATURES
I REMIND THEM ON THEIR OWN BEHALF
TO THINK OF
CELEBRATED HEADS OF STATE OR
SPECIALLY GREAT COMMUNICATORS
DID THEY HAVE BRAINS OR KNOWLEDGE?
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!
THEY WERE POPULAR! PLEASE--
IT'S ALL ABOUT POPULAR!
IT'S NOT ABOUT APTITUDE
IT'S THE WAY YOU'RE VIEWED
SO IT'S VERY SHREWD TO BE
VERY VERY POPULAR
LIKE ME!
WHY MISS ELPHBA, LOOK AT YOU
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
I HAVE TO GO
You're welcome!
AND THO' YOU PROTEST
YOUR DISINTEREST
I KNOW CLANDESTINEDLY
YOU'RE GONNA GRIN AND BEAR IT
YOUR NEW-FOUND POPULAR--ITY
LA LA LA LA
YOU'LL BE POPULAR
JUST NOT QUITE AS POPULAR
Don't know much about practicing what I preach,
Don't know how to be envious without jealousy,
Don't know how to hold my temper, when I have to get in the last word,
Don't know how to speak softly and still be heard,
But before I lose everything and everyone who loves me...
God if you're listening would you have a message sent?
Cause I need to be a better lover, brother, and a friend.
God if you're listening would you come up with some change?
Cause I wake up every morning with a penny to my name.
Don't know much about love cause I get the same crap from every guy,
Don't know how to see the grass being greener on my side,
Don't know much about wisdom without being jaded,
Don't know how to take criticism without feeling hated,
But before I lose everything and everyone who loves me...
God if you're listening would you have a message sent?
Cause I need to be a better lover, brother, and a friend.
God if you're listening would you come up with some change?
Cause I wake up every morning with a penny to my name.
Whoa man, I'm everything I said I wouldn't be,
Standing here with nothing, will you help me?
Don't know how to tell a joke without putting my foot in my mouth,
Don't know how to be intimate if I don't have a crowd,
Don't know how to be hopeful, what if they let me down?
I don't know how to keep myself from hurting everyone...
God if you're listening would you have a message sent?
Cause I need to be a better lover, brother, and a friend.
God if you're listening would you come up with some change?
Cause I wake up every morning with a penny to my name.
God if you're listening would you have a message sent?
Cause I need to be a better lover, brother, and a friend.
God if you're listening would you come up with some change?
Cause I wake up every morning with a penny to my name.
Oh, God, I don't know much about nothing.
No, so give me a break.
Anyway, won't anybody listen to me?
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put us back together again.
We huffed and we puffed,
And we blew this house down.
We tried. Yeah, we tried.
The sticks and the stones were breakin my bones,
And the names that were said kinda hurt us.
Riddle me this and riddle me that.
What went wrong? What went wrong?
When did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember once upon a time.
Sometimes I wish upon a star
To give you a reason to give me your heart.
Rock-a-bye baby, you rocked me goodbye.
Tell me why. Tell me why.
When did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember once upon a time.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put us back together again.
We huffed and we puffed,
And we blew this house down.
We tried, yeah, oh, we tried...
Oh, you know we tried...
When did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember, yeah, I remember.
When did the sun, when did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember once upon a time.
It's October again
Leaves are falling down like rain
One more year's come and gone
But nothing's changed
Wasn't I supposed to be someone
Who could face the things that I've been running from?
Let me feel
I don't care if I break down
Let me fall
Even if I hit the ground
If I cry a little
And die a little
At least I know I lived
Just a little
Let me feel
Let me fall
I become much too good at being invincible
I'm an expert at 'play it safe' and 'keep it cool'
But I swear this is not who I'm meant to be
I refuse to let my life fall over me
Let me feel (let me feel)
I don't care if I break down
Let me fall (let me fall)
Even if I hit the ground
If I cry a little (cry)
And die a little (die)
At least I know I lived
Just a little
Let me feel
Let me fall
Yes, I'm gonna be someone (gonna be)
If I take it as it comes
If I face the things that I've been running from
I've been running from
Let me feel (let me feel)
I don't care if I break down
Let me fall (let me fall)
Even if I hit the ground
If I cry a little (cry)
And die a little (die)
At least I know I lived
Just a little
Let me feel
Let me fall
It's October again
The leaves are falling down like rain
Down in Larissa's lagoon
She sits by the light of the moon
She's hearing voices in her head
She must be strong
She must not give in to their song
She's hearing voices in her head
Down in Larissa's lagoon
Her guests; they sleep in separate rooms
But her father comes to tuck her into bed
She's lost her mind
Got no control
And there's nowhere else to go
When her father comes to tuck her into bed
But Larissa woke up one morning singing,
"Hallelujah, remember me for my passion; the paradise that I imagined, hallelujah."
Down in Larissa's lagoon
The skies; they never look blue
'Cause someone spiked the rain
With a little extra juice
She thinks she's being followed
Any minute she'll be swallowed
Someone spiked this rain
With a little extra juice
Hallelujah...hallelujah...hallelujah...hallelujah
Down in Larissa's lagoon
There is no force that's greater
Looming deep within a very, very, very troubled girl
She stays awake for hours
Picking out the sweetest flowers
If I told you that I lie sometimes,
If I told you that I'd run away,
If I told you who I was before,
Would you follow me?
If I told you that I sneak sometimes,
If I told you that I love too much,
If I showed you the other side,
Would you follow me?
Cause I'm shedding my skin
So you can see my face,
I need you to know who I am.
I'm ready to go where I've never been,
Will you stay around and follow me?
Yeah...
If I told you the earth was square,
If I told you water wasn't wet,
If I told you life was fair,
Would you follow me?
Ohhhh...
Cause I'm shedding my skin
So you can see my face,
I need you to know who I am.
I'm ready to go where I've never been,
Will you stay around and follow me?
To the furthest moon and back,
Jupiter and Mars and all that,
To the middle of a galaxy,
On the smallest raft...
I don't know if I can be sure
Of anything I believed before...
Will you follow me?
Cause I'm shedding my skin
So you can see my face,
I need you to know who I am.
I'm ready to go where I've never been,
Will you stay around and follow me?
To the moon and back,
Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl
Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
I'm not that girl
Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in
Blithe smile, lithe limb
She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
Oh, yeah, mmm.
Oh, sweet revelation got me
Levitating over ground
Life and all its vibrations
No, I'm never coming down.
Oh, you're my own superhero
Keeps watching over me
I like it when you say
My green eyes are your constellations
To some light house in the sea
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
I'll be waiting by the window with a view of the park at night.
No matter how long it takes ya,
Never fails, you come through every night.
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
Here, at the speed of lightning
Here, where the sun is shining
Oh, with the stars aligning
Here, oh, here.
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
Here, ooh.
I'll be waiting.
Oh, I'll be waiting.
Oh, I'll be waiting, yeah.
I'll be waiting right here in this corner, mmm.
In a perfect world, in another time
In a far off place we wouldn't need to justify
Everything we are
And all that we believe
We could finally be
Whoever we both want to be
And when we can't be heard,
And when we can't be seen
I will call you close and
You will reach for me.
When all of the beauty turns to pain
When all of the madness falls like rain
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
Through the window pane,
Through the bedroom door
This city wants to fight
But it can't touch us anymore
We have come so far,
We have shed our skin
The more that's taken from us now,
The more we have to give
And when we can't be heard,
And when we can't be seen
I will call you close and
You will reach for me.
When all of the beauty turns to pain
When all of the madness falls like rain
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
And when we are drowning in the noise
I'm gonna stop to hear your voice
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
(We'll be gorgeous)
(We'll be gorgeous)
In the perfect time
(We'll be gorgeous)
And when we lose our faith
In all that's beautiful
You lift me to this place
When all of the beauty turns to pain
When all of the madness falls like rain
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, gorgeous, yeah
And when we are drowning in the noise
I'm gonna stop to find your voice
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, we will be gorgeous
(you and I)
And when I lose my faith
I don't know what to do
You lift me to this place
And make me feel so beautiful
As long as you're right here by my side
Hey - Just when you think you are the shit
Well, you look down and your fly is unzipped
That's when you take a moment to say,
"Well, sometimes I'm so totally unhip."
Just when the great ones inspire you
To throw caution to the wind
That's when the mirror mirror on the wall says,
"Babe, you better throw your towel in."
All that I don't know
Paralyzes me
But somehow I keep going on
Just settling for this mediocrity
And I wonder if god is trying to make a fool out of me
There are legends who die
And I've never even heard their songs
And there are heroes of a generation
Whose poetry is not on my shelf
And my soliloquies would make Shakespeare
Turn over in his grave
And voyagers would forbid me
To join in their crusade
I wish I could fight against Ali and win
I wish I could write with Joni Mitchell's pen
Sail the Atlantic on a paddle boat
I wish I could smile like Bobby de Niro
I wish that the lotto was the number of my telephone
I wish I could sing a duet with Bono
'Cause I don't want to sound like
Anyone else, you know
I just wanna take you under my spell
Excuse me for saying
What I know down deep is my sin
But maybe I'll fool everybody into thinking
(feat. Kristin Chenoweth)
[GLINDA]
Why couldn't you have stayed calm, for once! Instead of flying off the handle -- !
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you've
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever
[ELPHABA]
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy too
I hope you're proud how you would
Grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy
Right now
[GLINDA]
Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry!
You can still be with The Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted -
[ELPHABA]
I know
But I don't want it - No!
I can't want it anymore
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
[GLINDA]
Can't I make you understand
You're having delusions of grandeur?
[ELPHABA]
I'm through accepting limits
Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love, I guess I've lost
Well if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do -together!
Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been - Glinda!
Dreams the way we planned 'em
[GLINDA]
If we work in tandem
[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I, defying gravity
With you and I defying gravity
[ELPHABA]
They'll never bring us down!
Well, are you coming?
[GLINDA decides to stay behind.]
[GLINDA]
I hope you're happy
I hope your happy now that your choosing this -
[ELPHABA]
You too--
I hope it brings you bliss
[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy my friend
[ELPHABA]
So if you care to find me
Look to the Western sky!
As someone told me lately
Everyone deserves the chance to fly
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who ground me
Take a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravity
I'm flying high, defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!!
[GLINDA]
I hope you're happy
[CITIZENS OF OZ]
Look at her
She's wicked
Get her!!
[ELPHABA]
Bring me down!
[CITIZENS OF OZ]
No one mourns the wicked
So we got to bring her -
[ELPHABA]
Ahhhh!
[CITIZENS OF OZ]
The trouble with schools is
They always try to teach the wrong lesson
Believe me, I've been kicked out
Of enough of them to know
They want you to become less callow
Less shallow
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife
And learn to live "the unexamined life"...
Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life's more painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard?
When it's so soothing
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can sluff it off as I do
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
So keep dancing through...
Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is faught less
When you're thoughtless
Those who don't try
Never look foolish
Dancing through life
Mindless and careless
Make sure you're where less
Trouble is rife
Woes are fleeting
Blows are glancing
When you're dancing
Through life...
So-what's the most swankified place in town?
That would be the Ozdust Ballroom.
Sounds perfect.
Let's go down to the Ozdust Ballroom
We'll meet there later tonight
We can dance till it's light
Find the prettiest girl...
Give her a whirl
Right on down to the Ozdust Ballroom
Come on
Follow me
You'll be happy to be there...
Dancing Through Life
Down at the Ozdust...
If only because dust
Is what we come to
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life...
So keep dancing through...
Miss GLINDA, I hope you'll save at least one dance for me. I'll be right here. Waiting. All night.
Oh-that's so kind. But you know what would be even kinder?
See that tragic'ly beautiful girl
The one in the chair
It seems so unfair
We should go on a spree
And not she
Gee-
I know someone would be my hero
If that someone were
To go invite her...
Well maybe, I could invite her?
Oh, Bick, really?
You would do that for me?
I would do anything for you Miss GLINDA.
So...
So I'll be picking you up around eight?
After all-
Now that we've met one another
It's clear we deserve each other
You're perfect...
You're perfect...
So we're perfect together
Born to be forever...
Dancing Through Life...
Oh, Elphaba-Isn't it wonderful?
Fin'lly for this one night
I'm about to have a fun night
With this Munchkin boy
Glinda found for me
And I only wish there were
Something I could do for her
To repay her
Elphaba, see
We deserve each other
And Glinda helped it come true
We deserve each other
Me and Boq -
please, Elphaba, try to understand.
I do...
Glinda, listen. Nessa and I were talking about you just now.
And I was just talking about you. I thought you might want to wear this hat to the party tonight!
It's really-uh-sharp
Don't you think?
You know black is this year's pink
You deserve each other
This hat and you
You're both so smart
You deserve each other
So here
Out of the goodness of my heart
Listen, Nessa
Yes?
Uh, Nessa.
I've got something to confess, a
Reason why, well-
Why I asked you here tonight
Now I know it isn't fair...
Oh, Boq. I know why.
You do?
It's because I'm in this chair
And you felt sorry for me
Well isn't that right?
No! no! It's because..uh..because...
Because you are so beautiful
Oh, Boq! I think you're wonderful!
And we deserve each other
Don't you see, this is our chance?
We deserve each other
Don't we, Boq?
You know what?
Let's dance!
What?
Let's Dance!
Dancing Through Life
Down at the Ozdust
If only because dust
Is what we come to
And the strange thing:
You're life could end up changing
While you're dancing
KISS ME TOO FIERCELY
HOLD ME TOO TIGHT
I NEED HELP BELIEVING
YOU'RE WITH ME TONIGHT
MY WILDEST DREAMINGS
COULD NOT FORESEE
LYING BESIDE YOU
WITH YOU WANTING ME
AND JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
I'VE LOST ALL RESISTANCE
AND CROSSED SOME BORDERLINE
AND IF IT TURNS OUT
IT'S OVER TOO FAST
I'LL MAKE EV'RY LAST MOMENT LAST
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE...
MAYBE I'M BRAINLESS
MAYBE I'M WISE
BUT YOU'VE GOT ME SEEING
THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES
SOMEHOW I'VE FALLEN
UNDER YOUR SPELL
AND SOMEHOW I'M FEELING
IT'S "UP" THAT I FELL ...
EVERY MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
I'LL WAKE UP MY BODY
AND MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME...
SAY THERE'S NO FUTURE
FOR US AS A PAIR ...
AND THOUGH I MAY KNOW
I DON'T CARE ...
JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
COME BE HOW YOU WANT TO
AND SEE HOW BRIGHT WE SHINE
BORROW THE MOONLIGHT
UNTIL IT IS THROUGH
AND KNOW I'LL BE HERE HOLDING YOU
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE...
What is it?
Out of the mist of history
He'll come again
Sailing on ships across the sea
To a wounded Nation
Signs of a saviour
Like fire on the water
It's what we prayed for
One of our own
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home
He goes where no one has gone
But always
A hero comes home
Deep in the heart of darkness sparks
A dream of light
Surrounded by hopelessness
He finds the will to fight
There's no surrender
Always remember
It doesn't end here
We're not alone
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home
He goes where no one has gone
But always
A hero comes home
And he will come back on the crimson tide
Dead or alive
And even though we know the bridge has burned
He will return
He will return
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home
He knows of places unknown
Always
A hero comes home
Someday they'll carve in stone
"The hero comes home"
He goes and comes back alone
But always
A hero comes home
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
Sitting in my easy chair
I got no friends but I really don't care
I don't remember birthdays
I don't remember names
People talking to me
I know not what they say
Well my political policy is lassisez-faire
You keep off my, my thoroughfare
My weeds grow like roses
My gardens like greed
My temples are discoteques for refugees
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely, but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay
Right here
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely, but I'm free
No, nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay
Right here
Well my pizza delivery guys, they all wear suits
And all my musicians, they play in the nude
The lawyers wear nipple rings
They kiss my ass
And the french horn players
Are in the most demand
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely, but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay
Right here
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely, but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay
Right here
10....9....8....7....6....5...4....3....
Planet Z
You can't predict the weather but it's fine with me
Can't you see
I don't like when you bother me
Planet Z
The stars are brighter in my galaxy
Thirteen moons
Revolve around, around, around
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely, but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay
Well these lovely little snowflakes are everywhere
They're the spitballs that you blew in my air
Well I won't remember your birthday
I won't remember your name
Just keep talking to me
I'm not listening
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
It's all about me
She will never be invincible
She will never be some Florence Nightingale
Her thresholds invisible but she'll hang on like hell
Yeah, she may be transparent
She's got no defenses to speak of
But she'll stand here before you with no pride or prejudice
Just steadfast and certain she'll land on her own two feet
You'll think you can break her
'Cause you think that she's crazy and weak
But her power will defy you when she wears her heart on her sleeve
Heart on her sleeve
She will never learn you're tranquility
She will never learn how to let things slide off her
Joy over whelm her and her sorrow won't subside
Yeah, she still may be transparent
She got no got no defenses to speak of
But she will stand here before you with no pride or prejudice
Just steadfast and certain that she'll land on her own two feet
You think you can break her
'Cause you think that she's crazy and weak
But her power will defy you when she wears her heart on her sleeve
Oh, you may condemn me
With your bitter words and untouchable rage
Yeah, you may torment me
'Cause I don't lead my life in your way
But I will stand here before you with no pride or prejudice
Just steadfast and certain that I will land on my own two feet
You think you can break me
Bring my head down to my knees
If we move in together
Will i still be a slob
Will things get ordinary
Will i piss you off
'cause I don't cook
Throw my clothes on the floor
And i mix the darks and whites
Oh baby your kisses are pure
And the sex lasts for hours
You want me the less I shower
I'm a sight for sore eyes
In your old tighy whities
But you love me anyway
I thank god for seeing the light
And not going out with some lawyer type
'cause your a poet
A renaissance man
A little boy with
Really strong hands
So many things going through my mind
Sometimes it gets scary
But when you're on my side
The world may be chaotic
The skies may explode
But we'll be okay
Baby-this much I know
And the minuet between the heart and
The breath
Is my lullby
And the minuet between the heart and
The breath
Rocks me every time
And the minuet between the heart and
The breath
Saves my life
As I lay upon your chest
I'm satisfied
I'd like to have babies with you
Like to have maybe two join a carpool and
Sing the kids to bed they can
Have your coloring and
My movie rental addiction
They can be antisocial just like us
And they can choose their very
Own religion they can climb into
Bed in the middle of the night and
Sleep in your arms, hypnotized
So many things going through my mind
Sometimes it gets scary
But when you're on my side
The world may be chaotic
The skies may explode
But we'll be okay
Baby-this much I know
And the minuet between the heart and
The breath
Is my lullby
And the minuet between the heart and
The breath
Rocks me every time
And the minuet between the heart and
The breath
Saves my life
As I lay upon your chest
I'm satisfied
Alright-everything's gonna be
Alright
Alright-everything's gonna be alright
So if all the things we want
Are just out of reach
We move to the midwest
And you start to teach
I'm a woulda, coulda, shoulda
A one hit wonder
I'm pretty sure we'd be okay
'cause if the skin on your chest
Still feels that way
From the sandalwood oil
That you dab in the middle
I think maybe, maybe
Baby...
Fiyero!
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Let his flesh not be torn
Let his blood leave no stain
Though they beat him
Let him feel no pain
Let his bones never break
And however they try
To destroy him
Let him never die...
Let him never die...
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka: eleka:
What good is this chanting?
I don't even know what I'm reading!
I don't even know what trick I ought to try
Fiyero, where are you?
Already dead, or bleeding?
One more disaster I can add to my
Generous supply?
No good deed goes unpunished
No act of charity goes unresented
No good deed goes unpunished
That's my new creed
My road of good intentions
Led where such roads always lead
No good deed
Goes unpunished!
Nessa
Doctor Dillamond
Fiyero
Fiyero!!
One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I really seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Is that all good deeds are
When looked at with an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason why
No good deed goes unpunished
All helpful urges should be circumvented
No good deed goes unpunished
Sure, I meant well -
Well, look at what well-meant did:
All right, enough - so be it
So be it, then:
Let all Oz be agreed
I'm wicked through and through
Since I can not succeed
Fiyero, saving you
I promise no good deed
Will I attempt to do again
Ever again
No good deed
When you ask me, who I am:
What is my vision? And do I have a plan?
Where is my strength? Have I nothing to say?
I hear the words in my head, but I push them away.
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.
And I don't know
What tomorrow brings
The road less traveled
Will it set us free?
Cause we are taking it slow,
These tiny legacies.
I don't try and change the world;
But what will you make of me?
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.
With the slightest of breezes
We fall just like leaves
As the rain washes us from the ground
We forget who we are
We can't see in the dark
And we quickly get lost in the crowd
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
In this jury there are peddlers and disbelievers.
In this fountain there are silver dollars and penniless creatures.
It's your gravity and your hot air balloons
That keep you real and dare to dream with you.
But when they pull you too far you must learn to forgive
And you must ask your heart,
Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend.
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you lead.
In this home there is family and just familiar faces.
In this pilgrimage we disavow our brothers and confide in strangers.
It's your gravity and your hot air balloons
That keep you real and dare to dream with you.
But when they pull you too far you must learn to forgive,
Or it will tear you apart.
Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend.
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you...
Do you believe that the Earth was flat or round?
Do you bet you lived before or is this your first time around?
Do you believe we're here to learn?
Do you dream in black or white
Or are you coloring your lost and found to make it bright?
Oooh yeah...
Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend.
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you lead.
Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend.
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you lead.
Yeah, I will follow if you lead.
I will follow if you lead.
In the roses
In the spring
I remember
There was a time
I wasn’t afraid of anything
But with the lilacs
And the rain
One day you went away
I remember
I forgot everything
My mother’s always trying to tell me
How to be grateful how to believe
My father’s always trying to say
Baby you’re beautiful in every way
My lover’s always got me in his arms
Trying to protect me keep me from harm
So why do I always have to be
My worst my own worst enemy
In the shadows in the grays
In the lonely
There is a place
Where we can all hide away
But in the windows of the soul
There is nowhere we can go
If we keep running
Running from our destiny
My mother’s always trying to tell me
How to be grateful how to believe
My father’s always trying to say
Baby you’re beautiful in every way
My lover’s always got me in his arms
Trying to protect me keep me from harm
So why do I always have to be
My worst my own worst enemy
You say I walk on water
You say I walk on the moon
But it’s never enough
(no it’s never enough no it’s never enough)
You say I’m only human
It’s all in my head
But it’s never enough
(no it’s never enough no it’s never enough)
One day I’ll find
My alibi…
My mother’s always trying to tell me
How to be grateful how to believe
My father’s always trying to say
Baby you’re beautiful in every way
My lover’s always got me in his arms
Trying to protect me keep me from harm
So why do I always have to be
Ooh, you got big muscles rippling
Underneath your shirt
I'm so glad to meet you, baby
Tell me, what do you do for work?
Me? I'm just a housewife
So sad and all alone
Desperate for a strong man
To help me fix my home
I know I must look a sight
In this, this flimsy little dress
Won't you try your very best
To save a damsel in distress?
I've got tasty treats to tempt you
Come and sit down on my couch
I'm sure it won't take long
To figure all my problems out
My home, it needs attention
It's such a big old mess
Take out your trusty tool
And save this damsel in distress
Now, you need no invitation, baby
Just walk in and shut the door
Follow the red rose petals
That I've left scattered on the floor
I'll be upstairs waiting
With a list of honey-do's
Customized and tailor-made
For a, a handy man like you
You know I'd be so grateful
If you'd come relieve my stress
Won't you heed my SOS
And save a damsel in distress?
Oh yeah, oh yeah
So sweet
I got the need if you're willing to please
Trust me
I make it so good that you won't wanna leave
I got tasty treats to tempt you
Come and sit down on my couch
I'm sure it won't take long
To figure all my problems out
My home, it needs attention
It's such a big old mess
Take out your trusty tool
And save this damsel in distress
Now what's a girl to do?
I'm just a, a damsel in, in distress, yeah
Oh, little old me, baby
What you want for dinner, baby?
Love is a glass of wine
Balanced on the siderail of a ship
Across the sea at midnight, it may not last the daylight
And the trip is long
And the waves are strong
But then again, it might be up there forever
I've heard of birds that never touch the land
But sleep on the winds
And if untouched by someone's careless hand
Asleep on the winds
Our love might last until the journey's end
Alive Alive
And our lives are just bubbles of time
They're rainbow-colored and
They're shining in the sun
They drift above the treetops now
In danger if the breeze drops somehow
And darling, that's all it would take
And yet we threaten not to break
And you know we could be up here forever
I've heard of birds that never touch the land
But sleep on the winds
And if untouched by someone's careless hand
Asleep on the winds
Our lives might last untill the love begins
So stay alive and let me try as hard as you do
To stay alive, please let me be as much alive as you
Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsical...
My dear Father...
THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION
OVER ROOMING HERE AT SHIZ ...
BUT OF COURSE, I'LL CARE FOR NESSA ...
BUT OF COURSE, I'LL RISE ABOVE IT ...
FOR I KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU'D WANT ME TO RESPOND
YES, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION
FOR YOU SEE, MY ROOM-MATE IS ...
UNUSUALLY AND EXCEEDINGLY PECULIAR
AND ALTOGETHER QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE ...
BLONDE.
WHAT IS THIS FEELING
SO SUDDEN AND NEW?
I FELT THE MOMENT
I LAID EYES ON YOU ...
MY PULSE IS RUSHING ...
MY HEAD IS REELING ...
MY FACE IS FLUSHING ...
WHAT IS THIS FEELING?
FERVID AS A FLAME
DOES IT HAVE A NAME?
YES!...
LOATHING
UNADULTERATED LOATHING ...
FOR YOUR FACE...
YOUR VOICE ...
YOUR CLOTHING ...
LET'S JUST SAY -- I LOATHE IT ALL!
EV'RY LITTLE TRAIT, HOWEVER SMALL
MAKES MY VERY FLESH BEGIN TO CRAWL
WITH SIMPLE UTTER LOATHING
THERE'S A STRANGE EXHILARATION
IN SUCH TOTAL DETESTATION
IT'S SO PURE! SO STRONG!
THOUGH I DO ADMIT IT CAME ON FAST
STILL I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN LAST
AND I WILL BE LOATHING
LOATHING YOU
MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!
DEAR GLINDA, YOU ARE JUST TOO GOOD!
HOW DO YOU STAND IT? I DON'T THINK I COULD!
SHE'S A TERROR! SHE'S A TARTAR!
WE DON'T MEAN TO SHOW A BIAS
BUT GLINDA YOU'RE A MARTYR!
WELL ... THESE THINGS ARE SENT TO TRY US!
POOR GLINDA, FORCED TO RESIDE
WITH SOMEONE SO DISGUSTICIFIED
WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ...
WE'RE ALL ON YOUR SIDE!
WE SHARE YOUR ...
WHAT IS THIS FEELING
SO SUDDEN AND NEW?
I FELT THE MOMENT
I LAID EYES ON YOU
MY PULSE IS RUSHING
MY HEAD IS REELING
OH, WHAT IS THIS FEELING?
DOES IT HAVE A NAME?
YES...
LOATHING
UNADULTERATED LOATHING
FOR HER FACE, HER VOICE
HER CLOTHING
LET'S JUST SAY:
WE LOATHE IT ALL!
EV'RY LITTLE TRAIT
HOWEVER SMALL
MAKES OUR VERY FLESH
BEGIN TO CRAWL..
AHHH...
LOATHING!
THERE'S A STRANGE EXHILARATION
IN SUCH TOTAL DETESTATION
SO PURE, SO STRONG!
SO STRONG!
THOUGH I DO ADMIT IT CAME ON FAST
STILL I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN LAST ALL
AND I WILL BE LOATHING
FOR FOREVER LOATHING
TRULY, DEEPLY LOATHING YOU LOATHING YOU
FOR MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!
UNADULTERATED LOATHING
Well I don't believe in God
But she talks to me all the time
And I banish my mother
But she holds me when I cry
And I've been unfaithful
But with me he'll spend the rest of his life
And I have been forgiven
By all whom I've betrayed and love
And I have everything I want
Is it ever enough?
Still I can't be still
Still I can't be silent
Still I can't be still
Still I can't be saved
Still I can't be still
Still I can't be silent
Still I'm....still
Well I don't believe I'm beautiful
But at least I have my sister's smile
And I resist the muses
But they sing to me in exile
And destiny's not deafening
But it hushed me like a child
And everytime I feel as though I'm
Closer to the eye
The storm winds blow, I run inside
And though I feel revived
Still I can't be still
Still I can't be silent
Still I can't be still
Still I can't be saved
Still I can't be still
I can't be silent
Still I'm....still
The insatiable peace
My quest for, for true serenity, yeah
No matter how hard the rain, the thirst
The thirst is neverending
No matter how many friends or angels been sent down to
To take me away
They can't make it okay
They can't make it okay
And everytime I feel as though I'm
Closer to the eye
The storm winds blow, I run inside
And though I feel revived
Yes, everytime I feel as though I'm
Closer to the eye
The storm winds blow, I run inside
And though I feel revived
I don't believe I'm beautiful
At least I've got my sister's smile
I resist the muses
A crack in the smile
But she's always in style while she waits
Waving goodbye but she's too tired to cry and she's wasted
A letter he wrote
But it's far too expose so he throws it away
The sound of regret as it's counting the steps back to safe
I don't want to leave you with perfume and promises
But we'll never know 'till we capture and bottle it
'Cause wouldn't it be such a shame
If all was wasted
Not an inch of the room
That isn't in bloom or in light
So we drink 'till its dawn
Every drip 'till it's gone and we're wasted
It's a thing of the truth
But we'll lie and we'll look for the perfect escape
And the moment will go like melted snow in the rain
I don't want to leave you with perfume and promises
But we'll never know 'till we capture and bottle it
Cause wouldn't it be such a shame
If all was wasted
Stay for another morning
Study the curves on my face
Stay even when we're unknowing
Stay 'till they tear you away
I don't want to leave you with perfume and promises
But we'll never know 'till we capture and bottle it
Cause wouldn't it be such a shame
ONE SHORT DAY
IN THE EMERALD CITY...
I've always wanted to see the Emerald City.
ONE SHORT DAY
IN THE EMERALD CITY ...
ONE SHORT DAY
IN THE EMERALD CITY
ONE SHORT DAY
FULL OF SO MUCH TO DO
EV'RY WAY
THAT YOU LOOK IN THIS CITY
THERE'S SOMETHING EXQUISITE
YOU'LL WANT TO VISIT
BEFORE THE DAY'S THROUGH!
THERE ARE BUILDINGS TALL AS QUOXWOOD TREES
DRESS SALONS
AND LIBRARIES
PALACES!
MUSEUMS!
A HUNDRED STRONG ...
THERE ARE WONDERS LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN
IT'S ALL GRAND
AND IT'S ALL GREEN
I THINK WE'VE FOUND THE PLACE WHERE WE BELONG!
I WANNA BE
IN THIS HOI POLLOI
SO I'LL BE BACK FOR GOOD SOMEDAY
TO MAKE MY LIFE AND MAKE MY WAY
BUT FOR TODAY, WE'LL WANDER AND ENJOY ...
ONE SHORT DAY
IN THE EMERALD CITY
ONE SHORT DAY
TO HAVE ALIFETIME OF FUN
ONE SHORT DAY...
AND WE'RE WARNING THE CITY...
NOW THAT WE'RE IN HERE
YOU'LL KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE
BEFORE WE ARE DONE!
They are in front of a Broadway style marquee that reads "WIZ-O-MANIA."....
WHO'S THE MAGE
WHOSE MAJOR ITINERARY
IS MAKING ALL OZ MERRIER?
WHO'S THE SAGE
WHO SAGELY SAILED IN TO SAVE
OUR POSTERIERS?
WHOSE ENTHUSE FOR HOT AIR BALLOONING
HAS ALL OF OZ HONEYMOONING?
WOO -- OO -- OO ...
WIZ-N'T HE WONDERFUL?
(OUR WONDERFUL WIZARD!)
The Wiz-o-maniacs REPEAT the chorus as Elphaba, Glinda and the rest of the audience sing in counterpoint
THEN...
WHAT A WAY
TO BE SEEING THE CITY...
WHERE SO MANY ROAM TO
WE'LL CALL IT HOME TOO
AND THEN, JUST LIKE NOW
WE CAN SAY:
WE'RE JUST TWO FRIENDS ...
TWO GOOD FRIENDS ...
TWO BEST FRIENDS ...
They look at each other, realizing that what Glinda has just said is true.
SHARING ONE WONDERFUL
ONE SHORT ...
A Guard pops his head out of the door to the Wizard's Palace --
The Wizard will see you now!
There's only us, there's only this
Forget regret, or life is your's to miss
No other path, no other way
No day but today
There's only us, only tonight
We must let go to know what's right
No other road, No other way
No day but today
I can't control my destiny
I trust my soul, my only goal
Is just to be
There's only now, there's only here
Give in to love or live in fear
No other path, No other way
No day but today
There's only us, There's only this
Forget regret, or life is your's to miss
No other road, no other way
No day but today
No day but today
(No day but today)
No day but today
(No day but today)
No day but today
(No day but today)
Like a prima ballerina
I tip toe, tip toe around you constantly
I hear the water running
Will it wash your tears or leak through the ceiling?
Make my way up a spiral staircase
Hope to God you had a good day
When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything
And when you despair
When you cannot breathe
When you wouldn't dare
I feel everything
When you're in ecstasy
But you're not with me
I feel everything
On a tightrope
On a wire
I'll attempt to jump through a ring of fire
I am waiting all the while
For a glimpse of something to bring us higher
One little foot in front of the other
Don't you know I'm afraid of thunder
When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything
And when you despair
When you cannot breathe
When you wouldn't dare
I feel everything
When you're in ecstasy
But you're not with me
I feel everything
There's a fine line between love and hurting
And knowing when to walk away
Like a prima ballerina
I will tiptoe tiptoe around you constantly
When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything
And when you despair
When you cannot breathe
When you wouldn't dare
I feel everything
When you're in ecstasy
But you're not with me
I feel everything
When you can't be touched
When you can't be loved
When you fall apart
When you have no heart
We thought we had it all
We thought we'd go unscathed
We thought our love
Would border on infinity
We thought that we were free
The world would disappear
We left ourselves wide open
And we had no fear
But forever came and went
Forever stumbled through
Forever had poor sense of time
And made a mess of me and you
Forever had us fooled
We fell for it again
And now time is standing still
Forever
Lying next to you
But you're already gone
And too much has been said
And it can't be undone
It's so hard to comprehend
When ashes fade to dust
I touch your water
And the iron turns to rust
So forever came and went
Forever stumbled through
Forever had poor sense of time
And made a mess of me and you
Forever had us fooled
We fell for it again
And now time is standing still
Forever came and went
We thought it had it all
We thought we'd go unscathed
We thought our love
Would border on infinity
But forever was a shame
It stole a little piece of us
To live up to it's name
Was really just too much
And forever came and went
Forever stumbled through
Forever had poor sense of time
And made a mess of me and you
Forever came and went
Forever stumbled through
Forever had poor sense of time
And made a mess of me and you
Forever had us fooled
We fell for it again
And now time is standing still
Forever came and went
(Forever, forever, forever)
Oh, I thought we had it all
(Forever, forever, forever)
Oh, oh, oh
I thought we had it all
(Forever, forever)
Every day 'til the end
(Forever)
You and me, oh, oh
(feat. Kristin Chenoweth)
[ELPHABA:]
I'm limited.
Just look at me.
I'm limited.
And just look at you.
You can do all I couldn't do.
Glinda...
So now it's up to you,
For both of us.
Now it's up to you.
[GLINDA:]
I've heard it said,
That people come into our lives,
For a reason.
Bringing something we must learn.
And we are lead to those,
Who help us most to grow if we let them.
And we help them in return.
Well I don't know if I believe that's true.
But I know I'm who I am today,
Because I knew you.
Like a comet pulled from orbit,
As it passes a sun.
Like a stream that meets a boulder,
Halfway through the wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better,
But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.
[ELPHABA:]
It well maybe,
That we will never meet again,
In this lifetime.
So let me say before we part,
So much of me,
Is made of what I learned from you.
You'll be with me,
Like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you'll have rewritten mine,
By being my friend.
Like a ship blown from it's mooring,
By a wind off the sea.
Like a sea dropped by a sky bird,
In a distant wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better,
But because I knew you...
[GLINDA:]
Because I knew you...
[BOTH:]
I have been changed for good.
[ELPHABA:]
And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness,
For the things I've done,
You blamed me for.
[GLINDA:]
But then,
I guess,
We know there's blame to share.
[BOTH:]
And none of it seems to matter,
Anymore.
Like a comet pulled from orbit
(Like a ship blown from it's mooring,)
As it passes a sun.
(By a wind off the sea.)
Like a stream that meets a boulder,
(Like a sea dropped by bird,)
Halfway through the wood.
(In the wood.)
Who can say if I've been changed for the better.
I do believe I have been changed for the better.
[GLINDA:]
And because I knew you...
[ELPHABA:]
Because I knew you...
[BOTH:]
Because I knew you,
I have been changed...
Where do you go?
When you're alone and in your head
Why do they know you?
Is your story painted in red?
What do you see?
What do you dream when you're awake?
What have they seen of you?
Are you afraid of what's been said?
And if time stood still
If you won't be your witness
No one ever will
I hear a voice that's in my head
Don't let me down
'Cause I can't hold the future in my head
So many things I should have said
Don't let me down
'Cause I would be a lucky girl if time stood on it's head
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let them see
These shadows fallen over me
Where do you go?
When you're awake and in your head?
Why do they know you?
Is your story painted in red?
And if time stood still
If I can't be my teacher
No one ever will
I hear a voice that's in my head
Don't let me down
'Cause I can't hold the future in my head
So many things I should have said
That let me let me down
And I can't choose the road ahead
Close my eyes and hold my breath
Hope my little debt won't let me down
And I can't choose the road ahead
And close my eyes and hold my breath
Hope my little death won't let me down
And if time stood still
If I can't be my teacher
No one ever will
I hear a voice that's in my head
Don't let me down
'Cause I can't hold the future in my head
So many things I should have said
That let me let me down
I hear a voice that's in my head
Don't let me down
'Cause I can't hold the future in my head
So many things I should have said
That let me let me down
'Cause I would be a lucky girl if time stood on it's head
Don't know just where I'm going
And tomorrow, it's a little overwhelming
And the air is cold
And I'm not the same anymore
I've been running in your direction
For to long now
I've lost my own reflection
And I can't look down
If you're not there to catch me when I fall.
If this is the moment I stand here on my own
If this is my rite of passage that somehow leads me home
I might be afraid
But it's my turn to be brave
If this is the last chance before we say goodbye
At least it's the first day of the rest of my life
I can't be afraid
Cause it's my turn to be brave
All along all I ever wanted, was to be the light
When your life was daunting
But I can't see mine
When I feel as though you're pushing me away
Well who's to blame, are we making the right choices
Cause we can't be sure if we're hearing our own voices
As we close the door even though we are so desperate to stay
If this is the moment I stand here on my own
If this is my rite of passage that somehow leads me home
I might be afraid
But it's my turn to be brave
If this is the last chance before we say goodbye
At least it's the first day of the rest of my life
I can't be afraid
Cause it's my turn to be brave
And I might still cry
And I might still bleed
These thorns in my side
This heart on my sleeve
And lightening may strike
This ground at my feet
And I might still crash
But I still believe
This is the moment I stand here all alone
With everything I have inside, everything I own
I might be afraid
But it's my turn to be brave
If this is the last time before we say goodbye
At least it's the first day of the rest of my life
I can't be afraid
Better To Have Loved:
Better To Have Loved...
If the sun went down tomorrow and it never came back
And the city went quiet and we fade to black
Well I won't have a single regret
And I wouldn't trade a thing
Cause I never knew I could feel what I feel inside of me
Better to have loved than never loved at all
Better to have dreamed than never taken the fall
Better to have loved you and let you in than never to have touched your skin
Better to have hurt and screamed and cried
Fall into the earth for a trip to the sky
Better to have loved
Better to have Loved:
I knew all the time I was taking a chance
When I stand there on the edge of the cliff and no one was holding my hand
Well the wind blew strong and the clouds rolled in and I, I felt us lift off the ground
Yes I bared my soul and I dared to go knowing one day you might let me down
Better to have loved than never loved at all
Better to have dreamed than never taken the fall
Better to have loved you and let you in than never to have touched your skin
Better to have hurt and screamed and cried
Fall into the earth for a trip to the sky
Better to have loved
I gave you everything but to have said goodbye
Better to have loved than never loved at all
Better to have dreamed than never taken the fall
Better to have loved you and let you in than never to have touched your skin
Better to have hurt and screamed and cried
Fall into the earth for a trip to the sky
Better to have loved, better to have loved
I am your sexy girl
I am your baby girl
I am your innocence
I am your mother
I'm lady chatterly
Or lady chastity
Or some anonymous lover
I can be your little virgin
(at the commack inn)
Or your dominatrix
(in your parent's bed)
We'll play some spin the bottle
We'll play some Marvin Gaye
Or we can dress you up in women's clothing
Let's go shopping at the Pink Pussycat
You talk to the salesmen
I'll hide in the back
I may be bashful, but...
I got the cash 'cause...
I ain't afraid to try new things like that
Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above
Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above
I'm a wido in mourning
(longing for your love)
I'm the bride on her wedding say
(and you are not the groom)
I'm a singing telegram at 2 AM
Or the French maid who comes to clean your room
Let's go shopping at the Pink Pussycat
You talk to the salesmen
I'll hide in the back
I may be bashful, but...
I got the cash 'cause...
I ain't afraid to try new things like that
Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above
Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above
I'll keep you guessing, babe
You won't need confession, no
I'll be either one or
All of the above
Well I couldn't imagine
If I couldn't be myself
'cause if you're afraid to
Ask for what you want
Then you might rebel
But if you've got that combination
Where you can play some 'show and tell'
Well don't be shameful
I am your rainbow
Liberate your body and
Soothe your soul
I can be your babysitter
(who let you stay up late)
Or your best friend's mother
(really hot date)
Or you favorite cousin
(she taught you how to french kiss)
Or Miss Finigan from health class
I'm a school girl in knee socks
(with pig-tails in her hair)
I'm Aphrodite for dinner
(or Linda Carter)
I'm rose petals
I'm ruby wine
And if you want
I'l be the president's wife
Baby, won't you tell me...
Whatever you're thinking
Whatever you're feeling
I'll be either one or
If it were love
I would give that love
Every second I had
And I do
Did I know where he'd lead me to
Did I plan
Doing all of this
For the love of a man
Well I let it happen anyhow
And what I'm feeling now
Has no easy explanation
Reason plays no part
Heaven help my heart
I love him too mucay is
What if he das my whole existence
Turning around a word a smile
One of these days
And it won't be long
He'll know more about me
Than he should
All my dreams will be understood
No surprise
Nothing more to learn
From the look in my eyes
Don't you know that time is not my friend
I'll fight it to the end
Hoping to keep that best of moments
When the passions start
Heaven help my heart
The day that I find
Suddenly I've run out of secrets
Suddenly I'm not always on his mind
Maybe it's best to love a stranger
Well...
That's what I've done
Heaven help my heart
Now I have nothing,
So God give me strength,
'Cuz I'm weak in his wake,
And if I'm strong, I might still break.
And I don't have anything to share,
That I won't throw away into the air.
That song is sung out,
And this bell is rung out,
He was the light that I'd bless,
He took my last chance at happiness.
So God give me strength
God give me strength.
I can't hold on to him,
God, God give me strength,
When the phone doesn't ring,
And I am lost in imagining.
That song is sung out,
And this bell is rung out,
He was the light that I'd bless,
He took my last chance at happiness.
So God give me strength
God if he'd grant me his indulgance and decline,
I might as well wipe him from my memory,
Fracture the spell as he becomes my enemy.
Maybe I was washed out,
Like a lip print on his shirt,
See I'm only human,
I want him to hurt,
Oh, I want him to hurt.
God give me strength,
God give me strength,
God give me strength,
Like a prima ballerina
I tiptoe, tiptoe around you constantly
I hear the water running
Will it wash your tears or leak through the ceiling?
Make my way up a spiral staircase
Hope to God you had a good day
When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything
And when you despair
When you cannot breathe
When you wouldn't dare
I feel everything
When you're in ecstasy
But you're not with me
I feel everything
On a tightrope, on a wire
I'll attempt to jump through your ring of fire
I am waiting all the while
For a glimpse of something to bring us higher
One little foot in front of the other
Don't you know I'm afraid of thunder?
When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything
And when you despair
When you cannot breathe
When you wouldn't dare
I feel everything
When you're in ecstasy
But you're not with me
I feel everything, oh
There's a fine line between love and hurting
And knowing just when to walk away
Like a prima ballerina
I will tiptoe, tiptoe around you constantly
When you're furious
When you start to freeze
When you can't be touched
I feel everything
And when you despair
When you cannot breathe
When you wouldn't dare
I feel everything
When you're in ecstasy
But you're not with me
When you can't be touched
When you can't be loved
When you fall apart
When you have no heart
DILLAMOND
(spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one hears these
days. Dreadful things...
(sung) I've heard of an Ox
A professor from Quox
No longer permitted to teach
Who has lost all powers of speech
And an Owl in Munchkin Rock
A vicar with a thriving flock
Forbidden to preach
Now he can only screech!
Only rumors - but still -
Enough to give pause
To anyone with paws
Something bad is happening in Oz...
ELPHABA
Something bad? Happening in Oz?
DILLAMOND
Under the surface
Behind the scenes
Something baaaaaaad...
(spoken) Sorry. "Bad"
ELPHABA(spoken)
Doctor Dillamond - If something bad is happening
to the Animals, someone's got to tell the Wizard.
That's why we have a Wizard.
(sung) So nothing bad....
DILLAMOND
(spoken) I hope you're right...
BOTH
Nothing all that bad...
DILLAMOND
Nothing truly baaaaaad....
(spoken) Sorry... "Bad"...
ELPHABA
It couldn't happen here
Oooh, yeah!
What will it take to
Make them quit calling?
You change your number, and I will change mine.
How can we show them
That we have fallen into a love much too deep to define.
Kissing in public
Touching and hugging.
Can't they see how your eyes are capturing mine?
Cruel world leave us alone.
We need time on our own.
Over the garden wall
And underneath the splendor of it all--
All I wanna do is just waste away
Bask in the glow of your face today
Blow like the breezes of springtime
Melt into summer's grace.
We hear them whisper
"She ain't no good for him.
He can do better - They'll never survive."
We try to ignore these jealousy, envy,
Doubtful inquiries of hearsay and lies.
Cruel world leave us alone.
Why don't you find love on your own?
Over the garden wall
And underneath the splendor of it all--
All I wanna do is just waste away
Bask in the glow of your face today
Blow like the breezes of springtime
Melt into summer's grace.
[repeat]
Things will grow easier in time.
With every morning I wake by your side
Trials and tribulations; they seem to subside.
All I wanna do is just waste away
Bask in the glow of your face today
Blow like the breezes of springtime
Melt into summer's grace.
OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
Madame Morrible
(spoken) Good fortune, Witch Hunters!
OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
(spoken) Kill the Witch!
OZIANS
Wickedness must be punished
Evil effectively eliminated
Wickedness must be punished
Kill the Witch!
TINMAN
(spoken) And this is more than just a service to the Wizard.
I have a personal score to settle with Elpha -with
The Witch!
(sung) It's due to her I'm made of tin
Her spell made this occur
So for once I'm glad I'm heartless
I'll be heartless killing her!
And the lion also
Has a grievance to repay
If she'd let him fight his own battles
When he was young
He wouldn't be a coward today!
CROWD
Kill her! Kill the witch!
Wickedness must be punished
Brave Witch-Hunters, I would join you if I could
Because Wickedness must be punished
Punished
Punished
Oh, yeah, mmm.
Oh, sweet revelation got me
Levitating over ground
Life and all its vibrations
No, I'm never coming down.
Oh, you're my own superhero
Keeps watching over me
I like it when you say
My green eyes are your constellations
To some light house in the sea
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
I'll be waiting by the window with a view of the park at night.
No matter how long it takes ya,
Never fails, you come through every night.
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
Here, at the speed of lightning
Here, where the sun is shining
Oh, with the stars aligning
Here, oh, here.
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
If your car stalls in the middle of the road in snow,
I know, I know you'll be here.
Lights out, in all of the city, black out no doubt.
I know you'll be here.
River flows through the streets, and the homes are floating.
I know you'll be here.
Stranded in the middle of China, they'll find ya.
I know you'll be here.
Here, ooh.
I'll be waiting.
Oh, I'll be waiting.
Oh, I'll be waiting, yeah.
I'll be waiting right here in this corner, mmm.
I can't even look at you
You make fun of me for crying.
Well I guess I do that a lot these days
But I'm risking everything I have
To love you
To be with you.
I open myself up and tell you all my deepest secrets
But I wonder if you ever hear them.
'Cause I really love you
And now I even like you.
But when you pulled away from me
That's a place I'd rather not be.
[Chorus:] So please forgive me
You beautiful man.
I know the good days
Were the best we ever had.
But when the dark side comes
And you bring in the cold.
Baby, that's just the winter
Where I can't go.
So you come to me
And you ask me to hold you.
And I did.
I shed every layer of my skin.
I let you in.
I saw beauty in the demons
And adventure in the stars.
And I let my imagination
Run way too far.
And I really love you
But I can't even reach you.
Infatuated with your face
'Til you go to that silent place.
[Chorus]
So you know how it is:
Things are perfect today.
Do our memories deceive us
Maybe we look the other way?
Oh, what's happening to me?
I'm supposed to be independent.
What's hapenning to me?
I said I would never settle in.
But I really love you
And I can't ever reach you.
Maybe we're not meant to be
'Cause I can't lose myself, you see.
So please forgive me
You beautiful man.
I know the good days
Were the best we ever had.
So please forgive me
You beautiful man.
I know it's not exactly
What you had planned.
When the dark side comes
And you bring in the cold
In the roses
In the spring
I remember
There was a time
I wasn't afraid of anything
But with the lilacs
And the rain
One day you went away
I remember
I forgot everything
Chorus:
My mother's always trying to tell me
How to be grateful how to believe
My father's always trying to say
Baby you're beautiful in every way
My lover's always got me in his arms
Trying to protect me keep me from harm
So why do I always have to be
My worst my own worst enemy
In the shadows in the grays
In the lonely
There is a place
Where we can all hide away
But in the windows of the soul
There is nowhere we can go
If we keep running
Running from our destiny
Chorus:
My mother's always trying to tell me
How to be grateful how to believe
My father's always trying to say
Baby you're beautiful in every way
My lover's always got me in his arms
Trying to protect me keep me from harm
So why do I always have to be
My worst my own worst enemy
You say I walk on water
You say I walk on the moon
But it's never enough
(no it's never enough no it's never enough)
You say I'm only human
It's all in my head
But it's never enough
(no it's never enough no it's never enough)
One day I'll find
My alibi...
Chorus:
My mother's always trying to tell me
How to be grateful how to believe
My father's always trying to say
Baby you're beautiful in every way
My lover's always got me in his arms
Trying to protect me keep me from harm
So why do I always have to be
MADAME MORRIBLE:
(spoken)
Oh, Miss Elphaba
(sung/spoken)
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 defint-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'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,
(Spoken: Since birth!)
And with all his Wizard wisdom,
By my looks, he won't be blinded.
Do you think the Wizard is (Spoken: dumb?)
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
(Spoken: No!) He'll say to me,
"I see who you truly are -
A girl of 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
'Cuz 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 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 favorite team;
The Wizard
Well guess who I saw today
Sitting outside my favorite cafe
Sipping his morning coffee
On my street.
I said, "How are you?
I'm just fine.
I think that I recognize that tie."
He said, "Sorry I never got to say good--"
"By the way, I'm doing much much better.
I was just a little under the weather,
But pay no mind to me..."
'Cause you know it only hurts when I breathe.
When I make believe
That maybe he truly needs me.
It only hurts here and there.
Why doesn't he care?
Doesn't he ever miss me?
It only hurts me when I breathe.
So you finally quit smoking these days
And I like your hair real short that way.
I never could get it out of your face.
So how was Paris, when did you go?
Tell your parents I said, "Hello".
Tell them my life is going just as--
I planned a trip.
I'm going somewhere exotic.
I'll show you the pictures, tell you all about it
The next time we meet.
'Cause you know it only hurts when I breathe.
When I make believe
That maybe he truly needs me.
It only hurts here and there.
Why doesn't he care?
Doesn't he ever miss me?
It only hurts me when I breathe.
"So whatcha doing tomorrow night?
Let's have a drink. I won't bite."
He said, "Sure let me just run it by...my wife."
'Cause you know it only hurts when I breathe.
When I make believe
That maybe he truly needs me.
It only hurts here and there.
Why doesn't he care?
Doesn't he ever miss me?
(feat. Kristin Chenoweth)
[ELPHABA:]
I'm limited.
Just look at me.
I'm limited.
And just look at you.
You can do all I couldn't do.
Glinda...
So now it's up to you,
For both of us.
Now it's up to you.
[GLINDA:]
I've heard it said,
That people come into our lives,
For a reason.
Bringing something we must learn.
And we are lead to those,
Who help us most to grow if we let them.
And we help them in return.
Well I don't know if I believe that's true.
But I know I'm who I am today,
Because I knew you.
Like a comet pulled from orbit,
As it passes a sun.
Like a stream that meets a boulder,
Halfway through the wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better,
But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.
[ELPHABA:]
It well maybe,
That we will never meet again,
In this lifetime.
So let me say before we part,
So much of me,
Is made of what I learned from you.
You'll be with me,
Like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you'll have rewritten mine,
By being my friend.
Like a ship blown from it's mooring,
By a wind off the sea.
Like a sea dropped by a sky bird,
In a distant wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better,
But because I knew you...
[GLINDA:]
Because I knew you...
[BOTH:]
I have been changed for good.
[ELPHABA:]
And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness,
For the things I've done,
You blamed me for.
[GLINDA:]
But then,
I guess,
We know there's blame to share.
[BOTH:]
And none of it seems to matter,
Anymore.
Like a comet pulled from orbit
(Like a ship blown from it's mooring,)
As it passes a sun.
(By a wind off the sea.)
Like a stream that meets a boulder,
(Like a sea dropped by bird,)
Halfway through the wood.
(In the wood.)
Who can say if I've been changed for the better.
I do believe I have been changed for the better.
[GLINDA:]
And because I knew you...
[ELPHABA:]
Because I knew you...
[BOTH:]
Because I knew you,
I have been changed...
For good.
Feat. Joe Aaron Reid
Beth:
The engine stops
The plane drops
The moment explodes
A sudden rush
A brute hush
And the moment explodes
Beth & Architect:
The moment explodes
Beth:
Into thoughts of all the things I've left undone
And flashes from a life I've just begun
Beth & Architect:
Every friend I ever knew, or thought I did
The love that I could give, the love I hid
Architect:
Every stupid, life-before-your-eyes cliche
Could I please go out some less expected way?
Beth:
But none alive or dying crack those codes
When the moment explodes
The staircase dips
The foot trips
The moment explodes
Passenger:
The dark road curves
The car swerves
And the moment explodes
All Passengers:
And the moment explodes
Another Passenger:
And it reaches to the future and the past
To every moment ever, first to last
Flight Attendant:
And every life I reached, but could not touch
Flight Attendant:
And every life I reached, but could not touch
Flight Attendant & Third Passenger:
And everyone I loved, or loved too much
All Passengers:
And every chance I took, or did not make
Connections that I made, or did not make
But I'll never take those turns to other roads
Beth:
Once the moment
Beth, Flight Attendant & Architect:
When the moment
Beth, Flight Attendant, Architect & All Passengers:
When the moment
Passenger:
The engine stops
The plane drops
The moment explodes
There's only us, there's only this
Forget regret, or life is your's to miss
No other path, no other way
No day but today
There's only us, only tonight
We must let go to know what's right
No other road, No other way
No day but today
I can't control my destiny
I trust my soul, my only goal
Is just to be
There's only now, there's only here
Give in to love or live in fear
No other path, No other way
No day but today
There's only us, There's only this
Forget regret, or life is your's to miss
No other road, no other way
No day but today
No day but today
(No day but today)
No day but today
(No day but today)
No day but today
(No day but today)
No day but today
Feat. LaChanze, Jenn Colella
Beth:
We're none of us getting any younger
You can feel the time go by
And maybe we can't lose our hurt and anger
But God damn it all, let's try
We planned a better day
But planets turn one way
So though it seems unlike me,
Girls, this is what I say
Love wherever and whenever
And however you should
Yes marriage is a bastard
But love is always good
It's nothing you prepare for
It's nothing that you plan
So love when this world lets you
Love while you can
Anne:
Our love belongs to everyone who loves us
So it's not just you and me
And we both know love doesn't make us perfect
It just makes us want to be
If what we had before
Is broken on the floor
We can see the way the pieces work,
And make it something more
And love wherever and whenever
And however we feel
Let anger clean the cut out
Let love help us heal
It's not the love we dreamed of
Back when we began
But love if your heart lets you
Love while you can
Kate:
I believe our fate will find us
I believe that we get but one true love
I believe in seeing signs,
And I believe and trust the starts above
And I thought you believed in me
That deep down we were meant to be
I try to let that go
Anne:
But I can't let you go
Kate:
When these feelings flow
Kate & Anne:
I still love you so
Kate, Anne & Ensemble:
So love wherever and whenever
And however love lives
Anne:
It's fear that hides the heart away
It's love that forgives
Kate:
It wasn't that we dreamed of
It wasn't in the plan
Kate & Anne:
But love the way love finds you
Kate:
Love while you can
Anne:
Love and keep on living
When the shit hits the fan
Kate:
Love and be forgiving
Anne:
Oh, my Kate
Kate:
My Anne
Kate & Anne:
Love while this world lets you
Love while you can
In a perfect world, in another time
In a far off place we wouldn't need to justify
Everything we are
And all that we believe
We could finally be
Whoever we both want to be
And when we can't be heard,
And when we can't be seen
I will call you close and
You will reach for me.
When all of the beauty turns to pain
When all of the madness falls like rain
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
Through the window pane,
Through the bedroom door
This city wants to fight
But it can't touch us anymore
We have come so far,
We have shed our skin
The more that's taken from us now,
The more we have to give
And when we can't be heard,
And when we can't be seen
I will call you close and
You will reach for me.
When all of the beauty turns to pain
When all of the madness falls like rain
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
And when we are drowning in the noise
I'm gonna stop to hear your voice
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
(We'll be gorgeous)
(We'll be gorgeous)
In the perfect time
(We'll be gorgeous)
And when we lose our faith
In all that's beautiful
You lift me to this place
When all of the beauty turns to pain
When all of the madness falls like rain
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, gorgeous, yeah
And when we are drowning in the noise
I'm gonna stop to find your voice
As long as we crash and we collide
We will be gorgeous, we will be gorgeous
(you and I)
And when I lose my faith
I don't know what to do
You lift me to this place
And make me feel so beautiful
As long as you're right here by my side
We will be gorgeous, you and I.
(feat. Kristin Chenoweth)
[GLINDA]
Why couldn't you have stayed calm, for once! Instead of flying off the handle -- !
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you've
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever
[ELPHABA]
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy too
I hope you're proud how you would
Grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy
Right now
[GLINDA]
Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry!
You can still be with The Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted -
[ELPHABA]
I know
But I don't want it - No!
I can't want it anymore
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
[GLINDA]
Can't I make you understand
You're having delusions of grandeur?
[ELPHABA]
I'm through accepting limits
Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love, I guess I've lost
Well if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do -together!
Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been - Glinda!
Dreams the way we planned 'em
[GLINDA]
If we work in tandem
[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I, defying gravity
With you and I defying gravity
[ELPHABA]
They'll never bring us down!
Well, are you coming?
[GLINDA decides to stay behind.]
[GLINDA]
I hope you're happy
I hope your happy now that your choosing this -
[ELPHABA]
You too--
I hope it brings you bliss
[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy my friend
[ELPHABA]
So if you care to find me
Look to the Western sky!
As someone told me lately
Everyone deserves the chance to fly
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who ground me
Take a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravity
I'm flying high, defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!!
[GLINDA]
I hope you're happy
[CITIZENS OF OZ]
Look at her
She's wicked
Get her!!
[ELPHABA]
Bring me down!
[CITIZENS OF OZ]
No one mourns the wicked
So we got to bring her -
[ELPHABA]
Ahhhh!
[CITIZENS OF OZ]
--Down!
Beth:
You learn to take your coffee black
You learn to drink your whiskey neat
You learn to take the shower cold
And sleep on tired feet
You learn to order dinner in
You learn to send the laundry out
You learn how to amuse yourself
You learn to live without
You tell yourself you're rich at last,
In money, and in time
You draw bath and then unplug the phone
You pour yourself a pinot, Clos Du Val, two thousand three
You sit a spell, a queen upon her throne
You go to bed alone
Liz:
You learn to fall asleep alone
You learn to silence ticking clocks
You learn to pull the shades at night
And double-check the locks
You learn to speak so calmly when
Your heart would like to scream and shout
You learn to stop, and breathe, and smile
You learn to live without
You find the coat and tie you thought you'd given to Goodwill
You toss his fav'rite shoes onto the pile
You see him in the faces of the boys he left behind
And die a bit with ev'ry tiny smile
But only for a while
Elizabeth:
You learn to count the quiet wins
An hour with no unprompted tears
And not to count the deadly days
As they fade into years
You learn to stand alone at last
So brave, and bold, and strong, and stout
You learn somehow to like the dark
And even love the doubt
You learn to hold your life inside you
And never let it out
You learn to live and die
And then to live
You learn to live without
You learn to live without
You learn to live without
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like I'm the Queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in; Heaven knows I've tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back any more
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care
What they're going to say
Let the storm rage on, the cold never bothered me
anyway
It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free
Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand
And here I stay
Let the storm rage on
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back,
The past is in the past
Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway