I NEVER ASKED FO R TH I S OR

PLANNED IT IN ADVANCE

I WAS MERELY B L OW N HE RE

B Y THE WINDS O F CHANCE

I NEVER SAW MYSE LF

AS A SOLOMO N O R SOCRAT ES

I KNEW WHO I WAS

ONE OF YOU R DIME A DOZEN

M ED I OC RITIES

THEN SUDDENLY I'M HERE

RESPECTE D WORSHIPPE D EVEN

JUS T BECAUSE THE FOLKS IN OZ

NEEDED SOMEONE TO B ELIE V E IN

DOES IT SURPRI SE YOU

I GOT HOOKE D AND ALL T O O SOON

WHAT CAN I SAY

I GOT CARRIED A W AY

AND NO T JUST B Y BA L L OON

W ONDE RFUL

THEY CALLED ME W ONDE RFUL

S O I SAI D WONDERFUL

IF YO U I NSIST

I W ILL B E W ONDE RFUL

AND THEY SAI D WONDERFUL

BELIEVE ME

IT 'S HARD T O RESIST

'CAUSE I T F EE LS W ONDE RFUL

THEY THINK I'M WONDERFUL

HEY LOOK WHO'S WONDE RFUL

THIS CORN FED H I CK

WHO SAID LT M I GHT B E KEEN

T O BUILD A TOWN O F GREEN

AND A WONDERFU L ROAD

O F YE LLOW B RI CK

SE E I NEVER HAD A FAMILY

O F M Y OWN

SO I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO GIVE

THE CITIZENS O F O Z EVERYTHING

SO YOU LIED TO THEM

ELPHAB A WHERE I'M FROM

W E BELIEVE A LL SORTS OF

THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE

WE CALL I T HISTORY

A MAN'S CALLED A TRAITOR

O R LI BERATOR

A RICH MAN'S A THIEF

O R PHILANTHROPIST

IS ON E A CRUSADER

O R RUTH L ES S INVADER

IT'S A LL IN WHICH LABEL

I S AB LE TO PERSIST

THERE ARE PRECIOUS FEW

AT EASE

W ITH MORA L AMB I GUITIES

S O W E AC T AS THOUGH THEY

DON 'T EX I ST

THE Y CA LL M E WONDERFUL

S O I A M W ONDE RFUL

IN FACT IT' S SO MUCH WHO I AM

IT'S PART O F M Y NAME

AND W ITH M Y HELP

YOU CAN B E TH E S A ME

A T LONG LONG L AST

RECEIVE YOUR DUE

LONG OVERDUE

E L PHABA

THE MOST CELEBRATED

ARE THE R EHAB I L I TA T ED

THERE'LL B E SUCH A

WHOOP- DE-DOO

A CE L EBRATIO N THROUGHOUT OZ

THAT'S A L L TO D O WITH YOU

W ONDERFUL

THEY'LL CALL YO U WONDERFUL

IT DOES SOUND WONDERFUL

TRUST M E IT'S F UN

WHEN YOU ARE WONDERFUL