Wicked
No One Mourns the Wicked
Sop
No one mourns the wicked!
Alto
No one cries, “They won’t return!”
All
No one lays a lily on their grave!
Alto
The good man scorns the wicked!
Sop
The good man scorns the wicked!
Alto
Through their lives,
All
Our children learn:
What we miss when we misbehave.
And goodness knows the wicked’s lives are lonely.
Goodness knows the wicked die alone.
It just shows; when you’re wicked,
You’re left only on your own.
Yes, goodness knows, we know what goodness is!
Goodness knows, the wicked die alone.
Sop
Woe to those
Alto
Woe to those
All
Who spurn what goodnesses they are shown.
No one mourns the wicked!
No one mourns the wicked!
No one mourns the wicked!
Wicked!
Wicked!
Alto
Sop
Alto
Sop
All
Once I’m with the Wizard,
Once I’m with the Wizard,
My whole life will change.
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!
The Wizard and I
All
When I meet the Wizard;
Once I prove my worth.
And then I meet the Wizard,
What I’ve waited for since birth.
And with all his Wizard wisdom,
By my looks, he won’t be blinded.
Sop
Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
Alto
Or like Munchkins, so small minded? (No!)
All
He’ll say to me, “I see who you truly are:
The one on whom I can rely!”
And that’s how we’ll begin, the Wizard and I.
One Short Day
All
One short day in the Emerald City,
One short day full of so much to do,
Ev’ry way that you look in this city,
There’s something exquisite
You’ll want to visit
Before the day’s through!
And I’ll stand there with the Wizard,
Feeling things I’ve never felt.
And though I’d never show it,
I’ll 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 fav’rite team:
The Wizard and I!
Sop
Alto
Sop
There are buildings tall as quoxwood trees,
Dress salons, and libraries,
Palaces, museums, a hundred strong.
There are wonders like I’ve never seen!
Alto
All
Sop
Alto
All
It’s all grand!
And it’s all green!
I think we’ve found the place where we belong!
I wanna be in this hoi polloi.
So I’ll be back for good someday
To make my life and make my way,
But for today, we’ll wander and enjoy
One short day in the Emerald City,
One short day to have a lifetime of fun.
One short day, and we’re warning the city;
Now that we’re in here,
You’ll know we’ve been here before we are done!
Sop
Alto
One short day
Who’s the mage whose major
In the Emerald City.
Itinerary is making all Oz merrier?
One short day
Who’s the sage who sagely
To have a lifetime of fun.
sailed in to save our posteriers.
All
What a way to be seeing the city
Alto
Where so many roam to.
Sop
We’ll call it home, too.
All
Sharing one wonderful, one short day!
For Good
All
It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime.
So let me say before we part:
So much of me is made of what I learned from you,
You’ll be with me like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend.
Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea.
Like a seed dropped by a skybird in a distant wood.
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better.
Alto
Sop
All
Because I knew you,
Because I knew you,
Because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.
Defying Gravity
All
Something has changed within me.
Something is not the same.
I’m through with playing by
The rules of someone else’s game.
Too late for second guessing.
Too late to go back to sleep.
It’s time to trust my instincts,
Close my eyes and leap.
It’s time to try defying gravity.
I think I’ll try defying gravity,
And you can’t pull me down.
I’m through accepting limits
‘Cause someone says they’re so.
Some things I cannot change,
But ‘til I try, I’ll never know.
Too long I’ve been afraid of
Losing love I guess I’ve lost.
Well, if that’s love,
It comes at much too high a cost.
I’d sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I’m defying gravity,
And you can’t pull me down.
So if you care to find me, look to the western sky.
As someone told me lately,
Ev’ryone deserves the chance to fly!
And if I’m flying solo, at least I’m flying free.
Sop 1
To those who ground me,
Take a message back from me.
All
Tell them how I am defying gravity.
I’m flying high, defying gravity,
And soon I’ll match them in renown.
Sop 1
And nobody in all of Oz,
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me
Down,
Down! The wicked!
All
Sop 2 and Alto
Ah
From me.
Sop 2 and Alto
Oo
Oo
Is ever gonna bring me
No one mourns the wicked!
No one mourns the wicked!
Solo
What? Working with who?
Solo
Hey, remember when we spent spring break
In the hot tub ev’ry night?
We said nothing else could ever feel so right.
Well, this might!
All
Snap!
Sop
Seeing my name up on that list,
That beats the first time that we kissed!
Solo
You thought I was dumb, but I think that
Somebody’s judgement was poor.
So Much Better
All
Solo
Alto
Oo, on that list.
Oo, time we kissed.
All
Oo
Ah!
The Wicked! Wicked! Wicked!
All
Solo
All
Ah
Ev’ry night.
All of this time I planned I’d be patient and you would love me again.
You’d come to respect my mind, and at last you’d find
You could love me again.
And I have turned my whole world upside down trying not to let you go.
Watching you walk away is like a fatal blow.
Whoa! Is that my name up on that list?
Does someone know that I exist?
Is that a mistake? Am I even awake?
Pinch me now to make sure. Ow!
Yes! That is my name in black and white!
Maybe I’m doing something right.
Wow! I feel so much better than before.
Oh, Warner?
Sorry I’ve been a pest, but I guess my best was not working with you.
But looks like I’ve found a cure,
And I sure look forward to working with you.
All
Solo
All
That is my name in black and white!
Maybe I’m doing something right. Wow!
I feel so much better
Than before.
Yes, she’s so much better than before.
Yes, she’s so much better than before.
Solo
Maybe she’s what you prefer, but hey, last year I was her.
Maybe you will change your mind, but you might look up to find!
I’ve gone on to better things, better jobs or bigger rings.
I don’t have the time to cry. I’m too busy lovin’ my
All
Name up on that list! Kind of a cool ironic twist!
Solo
All
Who else can I tell? Oo, wait, where’s my cell?
Ah,
Mom will fall on the floor.
Ah.
All
Alto
Sop
All
Hey, Mom!
Look at my name in black and white!
Your daughter’s doing something
right.
Something right.
I feel so much better.
All
Solo
I’ll be there on Monday, nine o’clock.
Then we will see who walks the walk.
All
No, no, I can’t wait!
I will be there at eight when they unlock the door!
Ah, Oh, oh!
Solo
All
Solo
All
Solo
All+S
Solo
All
Solo
All
All+S
Solo
All
I’ll even dress in black and white.
See, I have not begun to fight!
And you’ll go
Whoa!
Much better,
Hello!
Much better! And
Soon all y’all gonna know much better.
I am so much better.
I am so much better.
I am so much better.
I am so much,
I am so much better
Than before!
Ah, ah, ah.
Corner of the Sky
Solo
Ev’rything has its season, ev’rything has its time,
Show me a reason and I’ll soon show you a rhyme.
Cats fit on the windowsill, children fit in the snow.
Why do I feel I don’t fit in anywhere I go?
All
Rivers belong where they can ramble,
Eagles belong where they can fly;
Sop 1
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
All
Got to find my corner of the sky.
Sop 2 and Alto
Oo
Solo
Ev’ry man has his daydreams, ev’ry man has his goal,
People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul.
Rain comes after thunder, Winter comes after fall.
Sometimes I think I’m not after anything at all.
All
Rivers belong where they can ramble,
Eagles belong where they can fly;
Sop 1
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
All
Got to find my corner of the sky.
Solo
And
And
And
And
All
Rivers belong where they can ramble,
Eagles belong where they can fly;
Sop 2 and Alto
Oo
maybe some misty day, you’ll waken to find me gone.
far away you’ll hear me singing to the dawn.
you’ll wonder if I’m happy there a little more than I’ve been.
the answer will come back to you like laughter on the wind.
Sop 1
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
All
Got to find my corner of the sky.
Sop 2 and Alto
Oo
Circle of Life
Solo 1
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun,
There’s more to be seen than can ever be seen,
More to do than can ever be done.
All
Oo
Oo
Oo
Oo
Solo 2
Some say, ‘Eat or be eaten’.
Some say, ‘Live and let live”
But all are agreed as they join the stampede,
You should never take more than you give
All
Oo
Oo
Oo
Oo
Solo 1+2
In the circle of life.
All
Life goes on and on.
Solo 1+2
It’s the wheel of fortune.
All
The wheel of fortune.
Solo 1+2
It’s the leap of faith.
All
The leap of faith.
Solo 1+2
It’s the band of hope
All
The band of hope.
Solo 1+2
‘til we find our place
All
Oo
Solo 1+2
On the path unwinding
Solo 1+2
All
In the circle,
In the circle,
The circle of life.
The circle, ah.
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
Solo
All
Solo
All
Solo
All
Solo
All
Solo
All
Solo
3+4
3+4
3+4
3+4
3+4
3+4
In the circle of life.
Life goes on and on.
It’s the wheel of fortune.
The wheel of fortune.
It’s the leap of faith.
The leap of faith.
It’s the band of hope
The band of hope.
‘til we find our place
Oo
On the path unwinding
Solo 3+4
In the circle,
The circle of life.
Solo 3
Some of us fall by the wayside,
And some of us soar to the stars.
And some of us sail through our troubles,
And some have to live with the scars.
All
Oo
Oo
Oo
Oo
Solo 4
There’s far too much to take in here,
More to find than can ever be found.
All
Oo
Oo
All
Soloists
All
Soloists
All
Soloists
All
Soloists
All
Soloists
All
The circle,
The circle.
Life goes on and on.
It’s the wheel of fortune.
The wheel of fortune.
It’s the leap of faith.
The leap of faith.
It’s the band of hope
The band of hope.
‘til we find our place
Oo
On the path unwinding
Soloists
In the circle,
The circle of life.
On the path unwinding
In the circle,
The circle of life.
All
In the circle,
The circle. Ah.
Oo
In the circle,
The circle. Ah, of life.
Oo
Oo
Anything Can Happen
MYTS
Anything can happen if you let it.
Sometimes things are difficult, but you can bet it
Doesn’t have to be so. Changes can be made.
You can move a mountain if you use a larger spade.
Anything can happen, it’s a marvel.
You can be a butterfly or just stay larval.
Stretch your mind beyond fantastic.
Dreams are made of string elastic.
Take some sound advice and don’t forget it.
Anything can happen if you let it.
Adults
Anything can happen if you let it.
You won’t know a challenge until you’ve met it.
No one does it for you, no one but yourself.
Vacillating violets get left up on the shelf.
Anything can happen, raise the curtain.
Things you thought impossible will soon seem certain.
Though at first it may sound clownish,
See the world more upside downish.
Turn it on its head then pirouette it.
Anything can happen if you let it.
MYTS
Adults
If you reach for the stars, all you get are the stars,
Ah
But we’ve found a whole new spin.
All
If you reach for the heavens, you get the stars thrown in.
Anything can happen if you let it.
Life is out there waiting, so go and get it.
Grab it by the collar, seize it by the scruff.
Once you’ve started living life, you just can’t get enough.
Sop
Alto
Anything can happen, it’s official.
Anything can happen.
You can choose the super
Anything can happen.
Or the superficial.
All
Sally forth the way we’re steering.
Obstacles start disappearing.
Go and chase your dreams, you won’t regret it.
Sop
Alto
Anything can happen,
Anything can happen,
Anything can happen.
Anything.
All
Anything can happen if you let it.
Puttin’ On The Ritz
Have you seen the well to do up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare with their noses in the air.
Girls High hats and Arrow collars,
Boys White spats and lots of dollars
All
Spending ev’ry dime for a wonderful time.
If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to,
Why don’t you go where fashion sits, puttin’ on the ritz.
Diff’rent types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes
And cutaway coat, perfect fits, puttin’ on the ritz.
Strolling up the Avenue so happy.
All dressed up just like an English chappie, very snappy,
Come let’s mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Or “umberellas” in their mitts puttin’ on the ritz.
Da doot dot doot dot du dot. Da doot dot doot dot du dot.
Da doot dot doot dot da dot. Dot dot dot!
Da doot dot doot dot du dot. Da doot dot doot dot du dot.
Da doot dot doot dot da dot.
Strolling up the Avenue so happy.
All dressed up just like an English chappie, very snappy,
Come let’s mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Or “umberellas” in their mitts puttin’ on the ritz.
Da doot dot du dot!