GLINDA
spoken Elphaba – why couldnt you have stayed calm for
once, instead of flying off the handle!
sung I hope youre happy!
I hope youre happy now
I hope youre happy how you
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think youre clever!
ELPHABA
I hope youre happy
I hope youre happy, too
I hope youre proud how you
Would grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
BOTH
So though I cant imagine how
I hope youre happy right now
GLINDA
spoken Elphie, listen to me. Just say youre sorry
sung You can still be with the Wizard
What youve worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted
ELPHABA
spoken I know
sung But I dont want it –
No – I cant want it
Anymore
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
Im through with playing by the rules
Of someone elses game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
Its time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!
Its time to try
Defying gravity
I think Ill try
Defying gravity
And you cant pull me down!
GLINDA
Cant I make you understand?
Youre having delusions of grandeur
ELPHABA
Im through accepting limits
cause someone says theyre so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, Ill never know!
Too long Ive been afraid of
Losing love I guess Ive lost
Well, if thats love
It comes at much too high a cost!
Id sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
Im defying gravity
And you cant pull me down
spoken Glinda – come with me. Think of what we could
do together.
sung Unlimited
Together were unlimited
Together well be the greatest team
Theres ever been
Glinda –
Dreams, the way we planned em
GLINDA
If we work in tandem
BOTH
Theres no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity
ELPHABA
Theyll never bring us down!
spoken Well? Are you coming?
GLINDA
I hope youre happy
Now that youre choosing this
ELPHABA
spoken You too
sung I hope it brings you bliss
BOTH
I really hope you get it
And you dont live to regret it
I hope youre happy in the end
I hope youre happy, my friend
ELPHABA So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately
Evryone deserves the chance to fly!
And if Im flying solo
At least Im flying free
To those whod ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
Im flying high
Defying gravity
And soon Ill match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!
GLINDA
I hope youre happy!
CITIZENS OF OZ
Look at her, shes wicked!
Get her!
ELPHABA
Bring me down!
CITIZENS OF OZ
No one mourns the wicked
So weve got to bring her
ELPHABA
Ahhh!
CITIZENS OF OZ
Down!