[ti:Wonderful] [ar:Idina Menzel] [al:Wicked] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Wonderful (From"Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003) - Joel Grey/Idina Menzel [00:47.51]I never asked for this [00:49.68]Or planned it in advance [00:51.55] [00:52.50]I was merely blown here [00:55.50]By the winds of chance [00:58.08] [00:59.60]I never saw myself [01:01.20]As a Solomon or Socrates [01:04.22]I knew who I was-- [01:06.14]One of your dime a dozen [01:08.84] [01:09.65]Mediocrities [01:11.20] [01:12.37]Then suddenly I'm here [01:15.13]Respected worshipped even [01:19.06]Just because the folks in Oz [01:22.07]Needed someone to believe in [01:27.59]Does it surprise you [01:29.59]I got hooked and all too soon [01:34.20] [01:35.04]What can I say [01:36.07] [01:37.23]I got carried away [01:38.85] [01:40.29]And not just by balloon [01:47.58] [01:49.07]Wonderful-- [01:51.58]They called me Wonderful [01:55.39]So I said wonderful if you insist [02:01.35] [02:03.02]I will be Wonderful [02:06.75]And they said wonderful [02:09.92] [02:11.20]Believe me it's hard to resist [02:15.50]'Cause it feels wonderful [02:19.19]They think I'm wonderful [02:21.75]Hey look who's wonderful-- [02:24.48]This corn-fed hick [02:27.37]Who said it might be keen [02:30.04]To build a town of green [02:32.93]And a wonderful road [02:35.33] [02:35.97]Of yellow brick [02:37.33] [02:38.11]See I never had a family of my own So I guess I just [02:42.41]Wanted to give the citizens of Oz everything [02:46.67]So you lied to them [02:48.05]Elphaba where I'm from we believe all sorts of things [02:52.04]That aren't true We call it history [02:56.14]A man's called a traitor or liberator [03:00.10] [03:00.61]A rich man's a thief or philanthropist [03:04.33] [03:04.95]Is one a crusader or ruthless invader [03:08.84] [03:09.45]It's all in which label [03:11.76]Is able to persist [03:13.51] [03:14.07]There are precious few at ease [03:16.31]With moral ambiguities [03:18.51]So we act as though they don't exist [03:22.89] [03:23.56]They call me Wonderful [03:29.03]So I am wonderful [03:30.39] [03:31.55]In fact it's so much who I am [03:34.71]It's part of my name [03:37.95]And with my help [03:39.21]You can be the same [03:42.21] [03:43.12]At long long last receive your due [03:47.16]Long overdue [03:48.79] [03:49.33]Elphaba the most celebrated [03:54.21]Are the rehabilitated [03:57.50] [03:58.89]There'll be such a whoop-de-doo [04:01.91] [04:03.16]A celebration throughout Oz [04:06.83]That's all to do with you [04:10.79]Wonderful [04:12.38]They'll call you [04:13.28]Wonderful [04:14.35] [04:14.96]It does sound wonderful [04:16.60] [04:17.36]Trust me it's fun [04:19.92]When you are wonderful [04:22.18]It would be wonderful [04:24.47] [04:25.19]Wonderful wonderful-- [04:28.02]One [04:28.37] [04:29.06]Two [04:29.58] [04:30.61]And--