<p>Name ______block ______date ______“The Wizard and I” from Wicked music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Broadway 2003 If I make good</p><p>"The Wizard And I" So I'll make good</p><p>(with Carole Shelley) When I meet the Wizard,</p><p>[MADAME MORRIBLE:] Once I prove my worth,</p><p>[spoken] And then I'll meet the Wizard</p><p>Oh, Miss Elphaba What I've waited for since,</p><p>[sung/spoken] [Spoken]</p><p>Many years I have waited Since birth!</p><p>For a gift like yours to appear [Sung]</p><p>Why, I predict the Wizard And with all his Wizard wisdom,</p><p>Could make you his By my looks, he won't be blinded</p><p>Magic grand vizier! Do you think the Wizard is </p><p>My dear, my dear [Spoken]</p><p>I'll write at once to the Wizard dumb?</p><p>Tell him of you in advance [Sung]</p><p>With a talent like yours, dear Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?</p><p>There is a defin-ish chance [Spoken]</p><p>If you work as you should No!</p><p>You'll be making good: [Sung] He'll say to me,</p><p>[ELPHABA:] "I see who you truly are -</p><p>Did that really just happen? A girl on whom I can rely!"</p><p>Have I actually understood? And that's how we'll begin</p><p>This weird quirk I've tried The Wizard and I:</p><p>To suppress or hide</p><p>Is a talent that could Once I'm with the Wizard</p><p>Help me meet the Wizard My whole life will change Name ______block ______date ______“The Wizard and I” from Wicked music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Broadway 2003 'Cuz once you're with the Wizard</p><p>No one thinks you're strange! Unlimited</p><p>No father is not proud of you, My future is unlimited</p><p>No sister acts ashamed And I've just had a vision</p><p>And all of Oz has to love you Almost like a prophecy</p><p>When by the Wizard, you're acclaimed I know - it sounds truly crazy</p><p>And this gift or this curse And true, the vision's hazy</p><p>I have inside But I swear, someday there'll be</p><p>Maybe at last, I'll know why A celebration throughout Oz</p><p>When we are hand in hand - That's all to do with me!</p><p>The Wizard and I!</p><p>And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba,</p><p>A girl who is so superior, And I'll stand there with the Wizard,</p><p>Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside Feeling things I've never felt</p><p>Have a matching exterior? And though I'd never show it,</p><p>And since folks here to an absurd degree I'd be so happy, I could melt!</p><p>Seem fixated on your verdigris And so it will be</p><p>Would it be all right by you For the rest of my life,</p><p>If I de-greenified you?" And I'll want nothing else</p><p>Till I die</p><p>And though of course, Held in such high esteem</p><p>That's not important to me When people see me, they will scream</p><p>"All right, why not?" I'll reply For half of Oz's favorite team;</p><p>Oh, what a pair we'll be The Wizard</p><p>The Wizard and I; And I!</p><p>Yes, what a pair we'll be</p><p>The Wizard and...</p>