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 hide
Is 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 you
If 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—

Unlimited
My future is unlimited

And I've just had a vision, almost like a prophecy
I know it sounds truly crazy
And true, the vision's hazy

But I swear, someday, there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with me


And I'll stand there with the Wizard
Feeling 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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Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) sees Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) demonstrate her magical powers and immediately enrolls her at Shiz University. Elphaba ponders a broad new future of no longer being bullied in Oz.

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“The Wizard And I” debuted at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Michelle Yeoh’s first ever appearance on the chart and making her the 19th Oscar winner to chart within the Hot 100.

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Recorded At
Air Studios, Ozdustland Studios and Power Station
Released on
November 22, 2024
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