The Wizard And I
Lyrics
[MADAME MORRIBLE, spoken] Oh, Miss Elphaba [MADAME MORRIBLE] Many years I have waited For a gift like yours to appear Why, I predict the Wizard might 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 definish chance If you work as you should You'll be making good [MADAME MORRIBLE, spoken] Welcome to Shiz! [ELPHABA] Did that really just happen? Have I actually understood? This weird quirk I've tried to suppress or hideIs a talent that could help me meet the Wizard If I make good So I'll make good When I meet thе Wizard Once I prove my worth And then I meet thе Wizard What I've waited for since, well, since birth And with all his Wizard wisdom By my looks, he won't be blinded Do you think the Wizard is dumb? Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded? No! He'll say to me, "I see who you truly are A girl on whom I can rely" And that's how we'll begin The Wizard and I Once I'm with the Wizard My whole life will change 'Cause once you're with the Wizard No one thinks you're strange No father is not proud of you No sister acts ashamed And all of Oz has to love you When, by the Wizard, you're acclaimed And this gift or this curse I have inside Maybe, at last, I'll know why As we work 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 alright by youIf I de-greenify you?"And though, of course, that's not important to me"Alright, 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— UnlimitedMy future is unlimited And I've just had a vision, almost like a prophecyI know it sounds truly crazyAnd true, the vision's hazy But I swear, someday, there'll be A celebration throughout OzThat's all to do with me And I'll stand there with the WizardFeeling the things I've never felt And though I'd never show it I'd be so happy I could melt And so it will be for the rest of my life And I'll want nothing else 'til I die Held in such high esteem When people see me, they will scream For half of Oz's favorite team The Wizard and I
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Credits
- Writers
- Stephen Schwartz
- Producers
- Stephen Schwartz
- Stephen Oremus
- Greg Wells
- Vocal Coach
- Antea Birchett
- Anne-Marie Speed
- Preparer
- Jordan Cox
- Global Service Music
- Aiden Davis
- James Reagan
- Brad Ritchie
- Contractor
- Jasper Randall
- Isobel Griffiths
- Audio Editor
- Ashley Andrew-Jones
- Additional Orchestration
- Jonathan Beard
- Ed Trybeck
- Henri Wilkinson
- Assistant Engineer
- Jason Soudah
- Laura Beck
- Wil Jones
- George Lloyd-Owen
- Eve Morris (Engineer)
- Sean Phelan
- Recording Engineer
- Nick Wollage
- Ian Kagey
- John Prestage
- Orchestration
- Jeff Atmajian
- Arranger
- Stephen Oremus
- Dominick Amendum
- Greg Wells
- Jeff Atmajian
- Vocal Engineer
- Robin Baynton
- Rhythm Section
- Greg Wells
- Mixed At
- Barbara McLean Stage
- Robert Wise Stage
- Vocal Editor
- Robin Baynton
- Additional Mixing
- Laurence Anslow
- Musical Supervision
- Dominick Amendum
- Maggie Rodford
- Violin
- Richard George
- Fenella Barton
- Mark Berrow
- Daniel Bhattacharya
- Natalia Bonner
- Thomas Bowes
- Charlie Brown (Violinist)
- Ben Buckton
- Emil Chakalov
- Ralph De Souza
- Christina Emanuel
- Dai Emanuel
- Jonathan Evans-Jones
- Nina Foster (violin)
- Kathy Gowers
- Marianne Haynes
- Raja Halder
- Phillippe Hanoré
- Ian Humphries
- Martyn Jackson
- Patrick Kiernan
- Bea Lovejoy
- Dorina Markoff
- Laura Melhuish
- John Mills
- Steve Morris
- Everton Nelson
- Odile Ollagnon
- Oscar Perks
- Tom Pigott-Smith
- Kotono Sato
- Sarah Sexton
- Anna Szabo
- Cathy Thompson
- Clare Thompson
- Michael Trainor
- Matthew Ward
- Debbie Widdup
- Warren Zielinski
- Viola
- Bruce White
- Laurie Anderson
- Nick Barr
- Catherine Bradshaw
- Reiad Chibah
- Sue Dench
- Clive Howard
- Martin Humbey
- Helen Kamminga
- Peter Lale
- Fiona Leggat
- Lydia Northcott
- Kate Musker
- Andrew Parker (Violist)
- Cello
- Nick Cooper
- Adrian Bradbury
- Tim Gill (Cellist)
- Sophie Harris
- Paul Kegg
- Rachael Lander
- David Lale
- Vicky Matthews
- Frank Schaefer
- Bozidar Vukotic
- Tony Woollard
- Double Bass
- Mary Scully
- Steve Mair
- Paul Kimber
- Roger Linley
- Rupert Ring
- Steve Rossell
- Ben Russell
- Lucy Shaw
- Beth Symmons
- Laurence Ungless
- Dominic Worsley
- Flute
- Karen Jones (Flutist)
- David Culbert
- Helen Keen
- Eliza Marshall
- Oboe
- Tim Rundle
- Janey Miller
- Sue Bohling
- John Anderson (Oboist)