[00:46.00](WIZARD)I never asked for this
[00:48.81]Or planned it in advance
[00:51.82]I was merely blown here
[00:54.33]By the winds of chance
[00:58.79]I never saw myself
[01:00.66]As a Solomon or Socrates
[01:02.93]I knew who I was:
[01:05.05]One of your dime a dozen
[01:08.36]Mediocrities
[01:11.09][01:45.11][02:36.97]
[01:11.64]Then suddenly I'm here
[01:13.97]Respected - worshipped, even
[01:17.44]Just because the folks in Oz
[01:20.91]Needed someone to believe in
[01:26.46]Does it surprise you
[01:28.93]I got hooked, and all too soon?
[01:33.54]What can I say?
[01:35.68]I got carried away
[01:38.63]And not just by balloon:
[01:47.85][04:10.11]Wonderful
[01:50.55]They called me "Wonderful"
[01:54.38]So I said "Wonderful" - if you insist
[02:00.59]I will be "Wonderful"
[02:05.58]And they said "Wonderful"
[02:09.16]Believe me, it's hard to resist
[02:14.85]'Cause it feels wonderful
[02:18.36]They think I'm wonderful
[02:20.88]Hey, look who's wonderful -
[02:23.93]This corn-fed hick
[02:26.47]Who said: "It might be keen
[02:28.94]To build a town of green
[02:32.12]And a wonderful road of yellow brick!"
[02:37.72](spoken) See - I never had a family of my own. So, I
[02:40.81]guess I just - wanted to give the citizens of Oz everything.
[02:45.74](ELPHABA)So you lied to them.
[02:47.36](WIZARD) Elphaba, where I'm from, we believe all sorts of
[02:51.75]things that aren't true. We call it - "history."
[02:55.00]A man's called a traitor - or liberator
[02:59.68]A rich man's a thief - or philanthropist
[03:04.41]Is one a crusader - or ruthless invader?
[03:08.51]It's all in which label
[03:10.96]Is able to persist
[03:13.48]There are precious few at ease
[03:15.59]With moral ambiguities
[03:17.71]So we act as though they don't exist
[03:22.77]They call me "Wonderful"
[03:28.12]So I am wonderful
[03:30.85]In fact - it's so much who I am
[03:33.71]It's part of my name
[03:36.48]And with my help, you can be the same
[03:41.64]At long, long last receive your due
[03:45.90]Long overdue
[03:48.02]Elphaba - The most celebrated
[03:52.90]Are the rehabilitated
[03:58.03]There'll be such a - whoop-de-doo
[04:01.59]A celebration throughout Oz
[04:05.52]That's all to do - with you
[04:11.49]They'll call you wonderful:
[04:14.18](ELPHABA)It does sound wonderful:
[04:16.39](WIZARD)Trust me - it's fun
[04:17.98](BOTH)When you are wonderful
[04:21.14]It would be wonderful?
[04:24.17]Wonderful, wonderful
[04:27.56](WIZARD)One! Two! And:
[04:32.14](they dance)