Wicked: For Good Soundtrack Album Lyrics

[Citizens of Oz:]
Ev'ry day, more wicked!
Ev'ry day, the terror grows!
All of Oz is ever on alert!
That's the way with Wicked
Spreading fear where e'er she goes
Seeking out new victims she can hurt!

[A Hysterical Woman:]
Like some terrible green blizzard
Throughout the land she flies

[An Outraged Man:]
Defaming our poor Wizard
With her calumnies and lies!

[All:]
She lies!
Save us from the Wicked!
Shield us so we won't be hexed!
Give us warning

Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next!?

CITIZENS OF OZ
Ev'ry day, more wicked!
Ev'ry day, the terror grows!
All of Oz is ever on alert!
That's the way with Wicked -
Spreading fear where e'er she goes
Seeking out new victims she can hurt!

A HYSTERICAL WOMAN
Like some terrible green blizzard
Throughout the land she flies:

AN OUTRAGED MAN
Defaming our poor Wizard
With her calumnies and lies!

ALL
She lies!
Save us from the Wicked!
Shield us so we won't be hexed!
Give us warning:
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next?
Where will she strike next!?

GLINDA
(spoken) Fellow Ozians - as terrifying as terror is, let us put
Aside our panic for this one day: and celebrate!
(sung) Oh what a celebration
We'll have today

CROWD
Thank Goodness!

GLINDA
Let's have a celebration
The Glinda way!

CROWD
Thank Goodness!

MORRIBLE
Fin'lly a day that's
Totally Wicked-Witch free!

CROWD
We couldn't be happier
Thank Goodness!

GLINDA
Yes -
We couldn't be happier,
Right, dear?
Couldn't be happier
Right here
Look what we've got
A fairy-tale plot
Our very own happy ending
Where we couldn't be happier -
True, dear?
Couldn't be happier
And we're happy to share
Our ending vicariously
With all of you
He couldn't look handsomer
I couldn't feel humbler
We couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true!

MORRIBLE(spoken) And Glinda dear, we're happy for you! As Press
Secretary, I have striven to ensure that all of Oz
Knows the story of your braverism:

(sung) The day you were first summoned
To an audience with OzAnd although he would not tell you why initially
When you bowed before his throne
He decreed you'd hence be known
As Glinda the Good - officially!

Then with a jealous squeal
The Wicked Witch burst from concealment
Where she had been lurking -surrpetitially!

PEOPLE IN CROWD
I hear she has an extra eye
That always remains awake
I hear that she can shed her skin
As easily as a snake!
I hear some rebel Animals
Are giving her food and shelter!
I hear her soul is so unclean
Pure water can melt her!

FIYERO
What!?

CROWD
Melt her!?
Please - somebody go and melt her!

FIYERO
(spoken) Do you hear that - water will melt her?! People
Are so empty-headed, they'll believe anything!

GLINDA
(spoken) Fiyero! Oh - yes, thanks plenty, dearest! He's gone to
Fetch me a refreshment. He's so thoughtful that way!

(sung) That's why I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is, I admit
The tiniest bit
Unlike I anticipated
But I couldn't be happier
Simply couldn't be happier
(spoken) Well - not "simply":
(sung) 'Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed
And if that joy, that thrill
Doesn't thrill you like you think it will
Still -
With this perfect finale
The cheers and ballyhoo
Who
Wouldn't be happier?
So I couldn't be happier
Because happy is what happens
When all your dreams come true
Well, isn't it?
Happy is what happens
When your dreams come true!

CROWD
We love you, Glinda, if we may be so frank

GLINDA
Thank Goodness!

CROWD
For all this joy, we know who we've got to thank:
Thank Goodness!
That means the Wizard, Glinda:
GLINDA
And fiance!

CROWD
They couldn't be goodlier
She couldn't be lovelier
We couldn't be luckier

GLINDA
I couldn't be happier
CROWDThank Goodness:

GLINDA AND CROWD
Today!
Thank Goodness for today!

NESSAROSE (spoken)
Elphaba, shut up! First of all, I can't harbor a fugitive, I am an unelected offical. And why should I help you? You fly
Around Oz trying to rescure animals you've never even met and not once have you ever thought to use your powers to rescue me!

All of my life, I've depended on you
(sung) How do you think that feels?
All of my life, I've depended on you
And this hideous chair with wheels.
Scrounging for scraps of pity to pick up
And longing to kick up my heels.

ELPHABA (spoken)
Nessa, there isn't a spell for everything. The power is mysterious, it not like cobbiling up a pair of- wait. (beings
Chanting from the Grimmerie)

Oh Nessa, at last.
(sung)I've done what long ago I should
And finally from these powers something good
Finally, something good

NESSAROSE (spoken)
Boq! Boq, come quickly!

BOQ (spoken)
You did this for her?

NESSAROSE (spoken)
For both of us!

BOQ (spoken)
Oh Nessa... this changes everything.

NESSAROSE (spoken)
I know.

BOQ:
(spoken)Nessa

NESSAROSE
(spoken)Yes?

BOQ:
(sung)Oh, Nessa
Surely now I'll matter less to you
You won't mind my leaving her tonight.

NESSAROSE
(spoken)Leaving?

BOQ
(sung)Yes,
That ball thats being staged,
Announcing Glinda is engaged
To Fiyero

NESSAROSE
(spoken)Glinda?

BOQ
(sung)Yes Nessa, that's right
I've got to go appeal to her
Express the way I feel for her
(spoken) Nessa, I lost my heart to Glinda from the moment I first saw her. You know that.

NESSAROSE
(spoken)Lost your heart?
(sung)Well we'll see about that.

ELPHABA (spoken)
Nessa, let him go.

NESSAROSE
(sung)Did you think I'd let you leave me here flat?!

BOQ (spoken)
Don't come any closer!

NESSAROSE
(sung)You're going to lose your heart to me, I tell you!
If I have, I have to... magic spell you. (beings chanting from the Grimmerie)

(spoken) This is all your fault! If you had not shown me that horrenible book-

ELPHABA (spoken)
I've got to find another spell. It's the only thing that might work.

NESSAROSE:
(sung)Save him please, just save him.
My poor Boq, my sweet, my brave him.
Do not leave me till my sorry life has ceased.

ELHAPHA
(begins chanting in melody)

NESSAROSE
(sung)Alone and loveless here,
Just the girl in the mirror
Just her and me, Wicked Witch of the East!
We deserve each other.

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

One!
Two!
And

GLINDA
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart:
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl

ELPHABA
Kiss Me too fiercely
Hold me too tight
I need help believing
You're with me tonight
My wildest dreamings
Could not forsee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me

And just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed some border line
And if it turns out
It's over too fast
I'll make every last moment last
As long as you're mine

FIYERO
Maybe I'm brainless
Maybe I'm wise
But you've got me seeing
Through different eyes
Somehow I've fallen
Under your spell
And somehow I'm feeling
It's up that I fell

BOTH
Every moment
As long as you're mine
I'll wake up my body
And make up for lost time

FIYERO
Say there's no future
For us as a pair

BOTH
And though I may know
I don't care
Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
Come be how you want to
And see how bright we shine
Borrow the moonlight
Until it is through
And know I'll be here holding you
As long as you're mine

FIYERO
(spoken)
What is it?(etc.)

ELPHABA
(spoken)
It's just for the first time,
I feel ... wicked

ELPHABA
(spoken) Fiyero!
(sung) Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen

Let his flesh not be torn
Let his blood leave no stain
When they beat him
Let him feel no pain
Let his bones never break
And however they try
To destroy him
Let him never die:
Let him never die:

Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka: eleka:

What good is this chanting?
I don't even know what I'm reading!
I don't even know what trick I ought to try
Fiyero, where are you?
Already dead of bleeding.
One more disaster I can add to my
Generous supply?
No good deed goes unpunished
No act of charity goes unresented
No good deed goes unpunished
That's my new creed
My road of good intentions
Led where such roads always lead
No good deed
Goes unpunished!

Nessa:
Doctor Dillamond:
Fiyero:
Fiyero!!

One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I really seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Is that all good deeds are
When looked at with an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason why

No good deed goes unpunished
All helpful urges should be circumvented
No good deed goes unpunished
Sure, I meant well -
Well, look at what well-meant did:
All right, enough - so be it
So be it, then:
Let all Oz be agreed
I'm wicked through and through
Since I can not succeed
Fiyero, saving you
I promise no good deed
Will I attempt to do again
Ever again
No good deed
Will I do again!

OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her

VICIOUS WOMAN
(spoken) Good fortune, Witch Hunters!

OZIANS
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her

RABID MAN
(spoken) Kill the Witch!

OZIANS
Wickedness must be punished
Evil effectively eliminated
Wickedness must be punished
Kill the Witch!

TINMAN
(spoken) And this is more than just a service to the Wizard.
I have a personal score to settle with Elphaba...with
The Witch!

(sung) It's due to her I'm made of tin
Her spell made this occur
So for once I'm glad I'm heartless
I'll be heartless killing her!

CROWD
(Cheer)

And the lion also
Has a grievance to repay
If she'd let him fight his own battles
When he was young
He wouldn't be a coward today!

CROWD
Kill her! Kill the witch!

ALL
Wickedness must be punished
Brave Witch-Hunters, I would join you if I could
Because Wickedness must be punished
Punished
Punished
For good!

I've heard it said,
That people come into our lives,
For a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are lead to those,
Who help us most to grow if we let them
And we help them in return
Well I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today,
Because I knew you (still me)
Like a comet pulled from orbit,
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder,
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better,
But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good

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 hand print 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 it's mooring,
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a sky bird
Half way through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better,
But because I knew you

Because I knew you

I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness,
For the things I've done,
You blamed me for

But then, I guess
We know there's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore
Like a comet pulled from orbit (Like a ship blown from it's mooring)
As it passes a sun (By a wind off the sea)
Like a stream that meets a boulder (Like a sea dropped by bird,)
Halfway through the wood (In the wood)
Who can say if I've been changed for the better
I do believe I have been changed for the better

And because I knew you

Because I knew you

Because I knew you
I have been changed
For good

CELEBRANTS
No one mourns the Wicked
Now at last she's dead and gone
Now at last there's joy throughout the land

ALL
Good news!
Good news:

GLINDA
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better
But:

ELPHABA AND GLINDA
Because I knew you:

CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked:

GLINDA
Because I knew you:

ELPHABA AND GLINDA
I have been changed:

CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked
Wicked:
Wicked!