No one mourns the wicked

No one cries "They won't return!"

No one lays a lily on their grave

The good man scorns the wicked

Through their lives, 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

The wicked's lives are lonely

Goodness knows

The wicked cry alone

Nothing grows for the wicked

They reap only

What they've sown

GALINDA

What is this feeling, so sudden, and new?

I felt the moment I laid eyes on you

My pulse is rushing

My head is reeling

My face is flushing

GALINDA & ELPHABA

What is this feeling?

Fervid as a flame

Does it have a name?

Yes—Loathing!

GALINDA

Unadulterated loathing

ELPHABA

For your face

GALINDA

Your voice

GALINDA & ELPHABA

Your clothing

Let’s just say, I loathe it all

Every little trait, however small

Makes my very flesh begin to crawl

With simple, utter loathing

There’s a strange exhilaration

In such total detestation

It’s so pure, so strong

Though I do admit, it came on fast

Still, I do believe that it can last

And I will be loathing

Loathing you my whole life long

SHIZ STUDENTS

Dear Galinda, you are just too good

How do you stand it? I don’t think I could

She’s a terror, she’s a Tartar

We don’t mean to show a bias

But Galinda, you’re a martyr

Well, these things are sent to try us

Poor Galinda, forced to reside

With someone so disgusticified

We just want to tell you, we’re all on your side

We share your loathing

ELPHABA

What is this feeling, so sudden and new?

SHIZ STUDENTS

Unadulterated loathing

ELPHABA

I felt the moment I laid eyes on you

SHIZ STUDENTS

For her face, her voice, her clothing

ELPHABA & SHIZ STUDENTS

My pulse is rushing, my head is reeling

(Let’s just say)

SHIZ STUDENTS

We loathe it all

ELPHABA

Oh, what is this feeling?

SHIZ STUDENTS

Every little trait, however small

ELPHABA

Does it have a name?

SHIZ STUDENTS

Makes our very flesh begin to crawl

ELPHABA

Loathing

SHIZ STUDENTS

Loathing

ELPHABA

There’s a strange exhilaration

SHIZ STUDENTS

Loathing

ELPHABA

In such total detestation

SHIZ STUDENTS

Loathing

ELPHABA

It’s so pure, so strong

SHIZ STUDENTS

So strong

ELPHABA

Though I do admit, it came on fast

Still, I do believe that it can last

And I will be loathing forever

Loathing truly, deeply

Loathing you—

SHIZ STUDENTS

Loathing—

ELPHABA

My whole life long

SHIZ STUDENTS

Loathing

Unadulterated loathing

Did that really just happen?Have I actually understood?

This weird quirk I've tried to suppress or hide

Is a talent that could help me meet the Wizard

If I make good

So I'll make good

When I meet the Wizard

Once I prove my worth

And then I meet the Wizard

What I've waited for since, since birth

And with all his Wizard wisdom

By my looks, he won't be blinded

Do you think the Wizard is dumb?

Or like Munchkins so small-minded?

No, he'll say to me I see who you truly are

A girl on whom I can rely

And that's how we'll begin

The Wizard and I

Once I'm with the Wizard

My whole life will change

'Cause once you're with the Wizard

No one thinks you're strangeNo 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

When we are hand in hand

The Wizard and I

And one day, he'll say to me "Elphaba

A girl who is so superior

Shouldn't a girl, who's so good inside

Have a matching exterior?

And since folks here to an absurd degree

Seem fixated on your verdigris

Would it be all right by you

If I de-greenify you?"

Of course that's not important to me

All right, why not"

, I'll reply

Oh, what a pair we'll be

The Wizard and IYes, what a pair we'll be

The Wizard and

Unlimited

My future is unlimited

And I've just had a vision almost like a prophecy

I know, it sounds truly crazy

And true, the vision's hazy

But I swear, someday there'll be

A celebration throughout OZ

That's all to do with me!

And I'll stand there with the Wizard

Feeling things I've never felt

And though I'd never show it

I'd 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 favorite team

The Wizard and I

You will be

Popular

You're gonna be popular

I'll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys

Little ways to flirt and flounce, ooh

I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair

Everything that really counts to be popular

I'll help you be popular

You'll hang with the right cohorts, you'll be good at sports

Know the slang you've got to know

So let's start 'cause you've got an awfully long way to go

For Good

Don't be offended by my frank analysis

Think of it as personality dialysis

Now that I've chosen to become a pal

A sister and adviser, there's nobody wiser

Not when it comes to

Popular

I know about popular

And with an assist from me to be who you'll be

Instead of dreary who-you-were

Well, areThere's nothing that can stop you from becoming populer…

—lar

La-la, la-la

We're gonna make you popular

When I see depressing creatures

With unprepossessing features

I remind them on their own behalf to think of

Celebrated heads of state or

Especially great communicators

Did they have brains or knowledge?

Don't make me laugh

They were popular

Please, it's all about popular

It's not about aptitude, it's the way you're viewed

So it's very shrewd to be

Very, very popular like me

[GALINDA, spoken]

Why, Miss Elphaba, look at you

You're beautiful

You're welcome

And though you protest

Your disinterest

I know clandestinely

You're gonna grin and bear it, your newfound popularity

La-la, la-la

You'll be popular

Just not quite as popular as me

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

Can’t I make you understand?

You’re having delusions of grandeur?

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,

“Everyone deserves the chance to fly”

And if I’m flying solo

At least I’m flying free

To those who ground me, take a message back from me

Tell them how I am defying gravity

I’m flying high, defying gravity

And soon, I’ll match them in renown

And nobody in all of Oz

No wizard that there is or was

Is ever gonna bring me down

I hope you’re happy (look at her, she’s wicked, get her)

Bring me down!(No one mourns the wicked, so we’ve got to bring her…)

Oh!(Down!)