One Short Day Lyrics

ELPHABA
(spoken) Come with me. To the Emerald City.TOURISTS
Right this way
to the Emerald CityGLINDA
Oh, I've always wanted to see the Emerald City:TOURISTS
One short day
In the Emerald CityOne short day
In the Emerald City
One short day
Full of so much to do
Ev'ry way
That you look in the city
There's something exquisite
You'll want to visit
Before the day's throughELPHABA
There are buildings as tall as Quoxwood treesGLINDA
Dress salonsELPHABA
And librariesGLINDA

Palaces!ELPHABA
Museums!BOTH
A hundred strong:
There are wonders like I've never seenGLINDA
It's all grandELPHABA
And it's all green!BOTH
I think we've found the place where we belong!
I wanna be
In this hoi polloiELPHABA
So I'll be back for good somedayGLINDA
To make my life and make my wayBOTH
But for today, we'll wander and enjoy:ALL
One short day
In the Emerald City
One short day
To have a lifetime of fun
One short dayELPHABA AND GLINDA
And we're warning the city
Now that we're in here
You'll know we've been hereALL
Before we are done!GLINDA
(spoken) Elphie - come on - we'll be late for Wizomania!WIZOMANIA CHORUS
Who's the mage
Whose major
Itinerary is making all of oz merrier
Who's the sage
Who's sagely
sailed in to save our posteriors?
Whose enthuse for hot air ballooning
Has all of Oz honeymooning?
Woo - oo -oo
Wizn't he wonderful?
(Our wonderful Wizard!)AUDIENCE WIZOMANIA CHORUS
One short day (Who's the mage)
In the Emerald City (Whose major itinerary)
One short day (Is making all Oz merrier)
To have a lifetime (Who's the sage who)
Of fun Sagely (sailed in to save)
What a way (Our posteriors)
To be seeing the city:ELPHABA AND GLINDA
Where so many roam to
We'll call it home, too
And then, just like now
We can say:
We're just two friendsELPHABA
Two good friendsGLINDA
Two best friendsALL
Sharing one wonderful
One short:GUARD
(spoken) The Wizard will see you now!ALL
Day!
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