[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:00.00]Wonderful [00:05.00] [00:47.00]WIZARD [00:47.42]I never asked for this [00:49.86]Or planned it in advance [00:52.43]I was merely blown here [00:55.36]By the winds of chance [00:59.38]I never saw myself [01:01.26]As a Solomon or Socrates [01:04.58]I knew who I was: [01:06.43]One of your dime a dozen [01:09.48]Mediocrities [01:12.21]Then suddenly I'm here [01:15.14]Respected - worshipped, even [01:18.73]Just because the folks in Oz [01:21.76]Needed someone to believe in [01:27.29]Does it surprise you [01:29.32]I got hooked, and all too soon? [01:34.93]What can I say? [01:37.10]I got carried away [01:40.10]And not just by balloon: [01:49.02]Wonderful [01:51.46]They called me "Wonderful" [01:55.08]So I said "Wonderful" - if you insist [02:03.03]I will be Wonderful--" [02:07.48]And they said "Wonderful" [02:11.02]Believe me, it's hard to resist [02:15.19]'Cause it feels wonderful [02:18.91]They think I'm wonderful [02:21.41]Hey, look who's wonderful - [02:24.23]This corn-fed hick [02:27.16]Who said: "It might be keen [02:29.73]To build a town of green [02:32.84]And a wonderful road of yellow brick!" [02:37.95](spoken) See - I never had a family of my own. So, I [02:42.29]guess I just - wanted to give the citizens of Oz everything. [02:46.93]ELPHABA(spoken) So you lied to them. [02:49.10]WIZARD [02:49.41](spoken) Elphaba, where I'm from, we believe all sorts of [02:52.13]things that aren't true. We call it - "history." [02:56.15](sung) A man's called a traitor - or liberator [03:00.33]A rich man's a thief - or philanthropist [03:04.67]Is one a crusader - or ruthless invader? [03:09.01]It's all in which label [03:11.76]Is able to persist [03:13.97]There are precious few at ease [03:16.21]With moral ambiguities [03:18.21]So we act as though they don't exist [03:24.33]They call me "Wonderful" [03:28.67]So I am wonderful [03:31.43]In fact - it's so much who I am [03:34.66]It's part of m