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GLINDA
(spoken) Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for
once, instead of flying off the handle!
(sung) I hope you're happy!
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever!

ELPHABA
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy, too
I hope you're proud how you
Would grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition

BOTH
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy right now

GLINDA
(spoken) Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry:
(sung) You can still be with the Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted:

ELPHABA
(spoken) I know:
(sung) But I don't want it -
No - I can't want it
Anymore:

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!

GLINDA
Can't I make you understand?
You're having delusions of grandeur:

ELPHABA
I'm through accepting limits
''cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till 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:
(spoken) Glinda - come with me. Think of what we could
do: together.

(sung) Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been
Glinda -
Dreams, the way we planned 'em

GLINDA
If we work in tandem:

BOTH
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity

ELPHABA
They'll never bring us down!
(spoken) Well? Are you coming?

GLINDA
I hope you're happy
Now that you're choosing this

ELPHABA
(spoken) You too
(sung) I hope it brings you bliss

BOTH
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy, my friend:

ELPHABA So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd 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!

GLINDA
I hope you're happy!

CITIZENS OF OZ
Look at her, she's wicked!
Get her!

ELPHABA
:Bring me down!

CITIZENS OF OZ
No one mourns the wicked
So we've got to bring her

ELPHABA
Ahhh!

CITIZENS OF OZ
Down!
GLINDA   (spoken) Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for   once, instead of flying off the handle!   (sung) I hope you're happy!   I hope you're happy now   I hope you're happy how you   Hurt your cause forever   I hope you think you're clever!      ELPHABA   I hope you're happy   I hope you're happy, too   I hope you're proud how you    Would grovel in submission   To feed your own ambition      BOTH   So though I can't imagine how   I hope you're happy right now      GLINDA   (spoken) Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry:   (sung) You can still be with the Wizard   What you've worked and waited for   You can have all you ever wanted:      ELPHABA   (spoken) I know:   (sung) But I don't want it -    No - I can't want it   Anymore:      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!      GLINDA   Can't I make you understand?   You're having delusions of grandeur:      ELPHABA   I'm through accepting limits   ''cause someone says they're so   Some things I cannot change   But till 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:   (spoken) Glinda - come with me. Think of what we could   do: together.      (sung) Unlimited   Together we're unlimited   Together we'll be the greatest team    There's ever been   Glinda -    Dreams, the way we planned 'em      GLINDA   If we work in tandem:      BOTH   There's no fight we cannot win   Just you and I   Defying gravity   With you and I   Defying gravity      ELPHABA   They'll never bring us down!   (spoken) Well? Are you coming?      GLINDA   I hope you're happy   Now that you're choosing this      ELPHABA   (spoken) You too   (sung) I hope it brings you bliss      BOTH   I really hope you get it   And you don't live to regret it   I hope you're happy in the end   I hope you're happy, my friend:      ELPHABA So if you care to find me   Look to the western sky!   As someone told me lately:   "Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"   And if I'm flying solo   At least I'm flying free   To those who'd 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!      GLINDA   I hope you're happy!      CITIZENS OF OZ   Look at her, she's wicked!   Get her!      ELPHABA   :Bring me down!      CITIZENS OF OZ   No one mourns the wicked   So we've got to bring her      ELPHABA   Ahhh!      CITIZENS OF OZ   Down!
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