Wonderful (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003)

Wonderful (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003) - Joel Grey/Idina Menzel

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

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

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--

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