[Intro]
 
             
Oh, Miss Elpha

   
ba


[Verse 1]
             
 Many years I 

     
have waited
             
For a gift lik

             
e yours to app

#
ear
             
Why, I predict

              
 the Wizard mi

    
ght make you h

is

Magic grand vi

zier
            
 My dear, my d

ear
              
I'll write at 

         
once to the Wi

zard
            
 Tell him of y

/      
ou in advance
           
   With a tale

           
nt like yours,

       
 dear, there i

s
          
A definish cha

    
nce
             
If you work as

     
 you should
        
You'll be maki

       
ng good
           
    Welcome to

        
 Shiz!


[Verse 2]
            
  Did that rea

              
lly just happe

   
n?
           
Have I actuall

#            
y understood?
            
This weird qui

              
rk I've tried 

      
to suppress or

 hide
            
Is a talent th

            
at could help 

            
me meet the Wi

zard
      
   If I make g

     
ood
             
So I'll make g

      
ood
             
 When I meet t

   
hе Wizard
            
 Once I prove 

         
my worth
             
 And then I me

       
et thе Wizard
            
What I've wait

            
ed for since, 

well, since bi

rth
             
And with all h

          
is Wizard wisd

om
             
By my looks, h

           
e won't be bli

nded
            
Do you think t

            
he Wizard is d

umb?
            
Or, like Munch

              
kins, so small

 
-minded? No!


[Chorus]
           
He'll say to m

          
e, "I see who 

          
you truly are
        
A girl on whom

         
 I can rely"
             
And that's how

      
 we'll begin
             
The Wizard and

         
 I


[Verse 3]
           
 Once I'm with

     
 the Wizard
           
 My whole life

 
 will change
           
'Cause once yo

              
u're with the 


Wizard
           
No one thinks 

       
you're strange
            
No father is n

       
ot proud of yo

u
             
No sister acts

  
 ashamed
            
And all of Oz 

       
has to love yo

u
             
When, by the W

             
izard, you're 

  
acclaimed


[Chorus]
           
And this gift 

           
or this curse 

        
I have inside
        
Maybe, at last

       
, I'll know wh

y
             
As we work han

     
d in hand
              
The Wizard and

 
 I


[Refrain]
             
And one day, h

              
e'll say to me

   
, "Elphaba
             
A girl who is 

   
so superior
             
Shouldn't a gi

         
rl who's so go

od inside
           
   Have a matc

       
hing exterior?
             
And since folk

            
s here to an a

       
bsurd degree
            
Seem fixated o

#          
n your verdigr

is
            
Would it be al

         
right by you
          
If I de-greeni


fy you?"


[Chorus]
           
And though, of

           
 course, that'

             
s not importan

     
t to me
           
"Alright, why 

    
not?", I'll re

ply
             
Oh, what a pai

        
r we'll be
              
The Wizard and

   
 I
             
Yes, what a pa

         
ir we'll be
              
The Wizard and

 
—


[Bridge]

Unlimited
           
My future is u

   
n-limi-ted
              
And I've just 

             
had a vision, 

            
almost like a 

      
prophecy
        
I know it soun

ds truly crazy
              
And true, the 

            
vision's hazy
             
But I swear, s

              
omeday, there'

   
ll be
            
A celebration 

       
throughout Oz
            
That's all to 

          
do with me


[Verse 4]
             
And I'll stand

           
 there with th

  
e Wizard
             
Feeling the th

           
ings I've neve

  
r felt
             
 And though I'

        
d never show i

t
          
I'd be so happ

         
y I could  mel

t


[Chorus]
           
And so it will

         
 be for the re

        
st of my life
           
And I'll want 

           
nothing else '

    
til I die
             
Held in such h

      
igh esteem
             
When people se

              
e me, they wil

  
l scream
             
For half of Oz

            
's favorite te

am
          
The Wizard and

    
 I


[Outro]