I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS
OR PLANNED IT IN ADVANCE
I WAS MERELY BLOWN HERE
BY THE WINDS OF CHANCE
I NEVER SAW MYSELF
AS A SOLOMON OR SOCRATES
I KNEW WHO I WAS
ONE OF YOUR DIME-A-DOZEN
MEDIOCRITIES
THEN, SUDDENLY, I'M HERE
RESPECTED, WORSHIPPED EVEN
JUST BECAUSE THE FOLKS IN OZ
NEEDED SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU
I GOT HOOKED
AND ALL TOO SOON
WHAT CAN I SAY
I GOT CARRIED AWAY
AND NOT JUST BY BALLOON
WONDERFUL
THEY CALLED ME WONDERFUL
SO, I SAID, WONDERFUL
IF YOU INSIST
I WILL BE WONDERFUL
AND THEY SAID, WONDERFUL
BELIEVE ME, IT'S HARD TO RESIST
'CAUSE IT FEELS WONDERFUL
THEY THINK I'M WONDERFUL
HEY, LOOK WHO'S WONDERFUL
THIS CORN-FED HICK
WHO SAID IT MIGHT BE KEEN
TO BUILD A TOWN OF GREEN
AND A WONDERFUL ROAD
OF YELLOW BRICK
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SEE, I NEVER HAD
A FAMILY OF MY OWN
SO, I GUESS, I JUST
WANTED TO GIVE THE
CITIZENS OF OZ EVERYTHING
SO, YOU LIED TO THEM
ELPHABA, WHERE I'M FROM
WE BELIEVE ALL SORTS OF
THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE
WE CALL IT HISTORY
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A MAN'S CALLED A TRAITOR
OR LIBERATOR
A RICH MAN'S A THIEF
OR PHILANTHROPIST
IS ONE A CRUSADER
OR RUTHLESS INVADER
IT'S ALL IN WHICH LABEL
IS ABLE TO PERSIST
THERE ARE PRECIOUS
FEW AT EASE
WITH MORAL AMBIGUITIES
SO, WE ACT AS THOUGH
THEY DON'T EXIST
THEY CALL ME WONDERFUL
SO, I AM WONDERFUL
IN FACT IT'S SO MUCH WHO I AM
IT'S PART OF MY NAME
AND WITH MY HELP
YOU CAN BE THE SAME
AT LONG, LONG LAST
RECEIVE YOUR DUE
LONG OVERDUE
ELPHABA
THE MOST CELEBRATED
ARE THE REHABILITATED
THERE'LL BE
SUCH A WHOOP-DE-DOO
A CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT OZ
THAT'S ALL TO DO WITH YOU
WONDERFUL
THEY'LL CALL YOU WONDERFUL
IT DOES SOUND WONDERFUL
TRUST ME, IT'S FUN
WHEN YOU ARE WONDERFUL
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
ONE, TWO, AND... HA! HA!