CITIZENS
OF All CLans:
Good news! She's dead!
The Witch of the West is
dead!
The wickedest witch there ever was
The enemy of all of
us here in Oz
Is Dead!
Good news!
Good news!
SOMECAT
IN THE CROWD:
(spoken) Look! It's Nightcloud!
Nightcloud
(spoken) Fellow Claniens:
(sung) Let us be glad
Let us be
grateful
Let us rejoicify that goodness could subdue
The
wicked workings of you-know-who
Isn't it nice to know
That
good will conquer evil?
The truth we all believe'll by and by
Outlive a lie
For you and -
SOMECAT IN THE CROWD:
No
one mourns the Wicked
ANOTHER Cat:
No one cries "They
won't return!"
ALL: No one lays a lily on their grave
Tom's
The good man scorns the Wicked!
She-cats
Through their lives, our children learn
ALL
What we
miss, when we misbehave:
Nightcloud
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
ALL
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
Nightcloud(spoken) Are people born Wicked? Or do they have
Wickedness thrust upon them? After all, she had
a father. She
had a mother, as so many do:
Tigerclaw
How I hate to go
and leave you lonely
Sandstorm
That's alright - it's only
just one night
Tigerclaw
But
know that you're here in my heart
While I'm out of your sight
Nightcloud
(spoken)
And like every family - they had
their secrets
LOVER
Have another drink, my dark-eyed
beauty
I've got one more night left, here in town
So have
another drink of green elixir
And we'll have ourselves a little
mixer
Have another swallow, little lady,
And follow me down:
Nightcloud
(spoken) And of course, from the moment she
was born,
she was - well - different
Goldenflower
It's coming
Tigerclaw
Now?
Goldenflower
The baby's coming
Tigerclaw
And
how!
Goldenflower And Tigerclaw
I see a nose
I see a
curl
It's a healthy, perfect,
Lovely, little -
Tigerclaw
(spoken) Sweet Starclan!
Sandstorm
(spoken) What is
it: what's wrong?
Goldenflower
How can it be?
Tigerclaw
What does it mean?
Goldenflower
It's atrocious
Tigerclaw
It's obscene!
Goldenflower And Tigerclaw
Like a froggy, ferny
cabbage
The baby is unnaturally
ALL
Orange! (Imagine
there are no Ginger/orange colored cats except for Firestar)
Tigerclaw
(spoken) Take it away: take it away!
Nightcloud
(spoken) So you see - it couldn't have been
easy!
ALL
No one mourns the Wicked!
Now at last, she's dead and gone!
Now at last, there's joy throughout the land
And Goodness
knows
We know what Goodness is
Goodness knows
The Wicked
die alone
Nightcloud
She died alone:
ALL
Woe
to those
Who spurn what Goodness
They are shown
No one
mourns the Wicked
Nightcloud
Good news!
CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked!
Nightcloud
Good news!
ALL
No one mourns the Wicked!
Wicked!
Wicked!
Cat
IN CROWD
(spoken) Nightcloud! Is it true - were you her friend?!
Nightcloud
(spoken) Well - it depends on what you mean by
"friend." I did
know her. That is, our paths did cross.
At school:
Cats
O hallowed halls and vine-draped walls
The proudliest sight there is
When grey and sere our hair
hath turned
We shall still revere the lessons learned
In our
days at dear old Shiz
Our days at dear old
Nightcloud
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ol:
Cats and Nightcloud
Dear old
Shiz-zzzz
Squirrelflight walks in with Leafpool, who is sitting in a wheelchair. Everyone gasps at Squirrelflight being Ginger.
Bluestar walks in and greets them.
"Where will we be staying?" Squirrelflight asks gently.
"Leafpool will be staying with me, while you stay with another student." Bluestar replies, "Who will let her in?" She asks.
Everyone takes a step back, except for Nightcloud. Nightcloud looks around and realizes that she'd been tricked.
"Thank you Nightcloud." Bluestar thanked and started to walk off with Leafpool.
"But-" Nightcloud began, but was cut off with a scream.
Squirrelflight was churning her legs around and Leafpool's chair was wheeling itself back over to Squirrelflight.
"I'm so sorry Leafpool!" Squirrelflight apologized.
Bluestar smiled.
Bluestar
(spoken) Oh, Miss Squirrelflight:
(sung) Many years I have
waited
For a gift like yours to appear
Why, I predict the
Wizard
Could make you his
Magic grand vizier!
My dear, my
dear
I'll write at once to the Wizard
Tell him of you in
advance
With a talent like yours, dear
There is a defin-ish
chance
If you work as you should
You'll be making good:
She walks away with everyone else.
Squirrelflight
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
'Cuz once you're with the Wizard
No one thinks you're
strange!
No father is not proud of you,
No sister acts
ashamed
And all of The Clans 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 and
hand -
The Wizard and I!
And one day, he'll say to me,
"Squirrelflight,
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?"
And though 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 I:
Yes, 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 The Clans
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'll be so happy, I
could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life
And
I'll want nothing else
Till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of The Clans
fav'rite team:
The Wizard
And I!
Nightcloud walks in and takes out a letter and Squirrelflight does too.
Nightcloud
(spoken) Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsical:
Squirrelflight
(spoken) My dear Father:
BOTH
There's
been some confusion
Over rooming here at Shiz:
Squirrelflight
But of course, I'll care for Nessa:
Nightcloud
But of
course, I'll rise above it:
BOTH
For I know that's how
you'd want me to respond
Yes, there's been some confusion
For
you see, my room-mate is:
Nightcloud
Unusually and
exceedingly peculiar
And altogether quite impossible to describe:
Squirrelflight
Blonde.
Nightcloud
What is this
feeling?
So sudden and new?
Squirrelflight
felt
it the moment
I laid eyes on you:
Nightcloud
My pulse
is rushing:
Squirrelflight
My head is reeling:
Nightcloud
My face is flushing:
BOTH
What is
this feeling?
Fervid as a flame,
Does it have a name?
Yes!:Loathing
Unadulterated loathing
Nightcloud
For
your face
Squirrelflight
Your voice
Nightcloud
Your clothing
BOTH
Let's
just say - I loathe it all
Ev'ry 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 and 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!
Cats
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!
Nightcloud
Well:
these things are sent to try us!
Cats
Poor Galinda,
forced to reside
With someone so disgusticified
We all just
want to tell you:
We're all on your side!
We share your:
Nightcloud, Squirrelflight, and Cats
What is this feeling
Loathing
So sudden and new? Unadulterated loathing
I felt the
moment For her face, her voice
I laid eyes on you Her clothing
My pulse is rushing Let's just say:
My head is reeling We
loathe it all!
Oh, what is this feeling? Ev'ry little trait
Does
it have a name? Makes our very flesh
Yes: Begin to crawl:.
Ahhh:
Ahhh:
ALL
Loathing!
Nightcloud, Squirrelflight,
and Cats
There's a strange exhilaration Loathing
In such
total detestation Loathing
So pure, so strong Loathing
Cats
So strong!
Nightcloud And Squirrelflight
Though I do
admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last ALL
And I will be loathing Loathing
For forever loathing Loathing
Truly deeply loathing Loathing you
My whole Loathing
Life
long! Unadulterated loathing
ELPHABA
Boo!
Nightcloud: Ah!
