Defying Gravity

Ben Vereen

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Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. more »


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2011
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"Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for once,
instead of flying off the handle!

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"

"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"

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

"Elphie, listen to me - just say you're sorry...

You can still be with the wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted..."

"I know...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..."

"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 '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

Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do - together.

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

"If we work in tandem"

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

"They'll never bring us down
Well? Are you coming?"

"I hope you're happy
Now that you're choosing this..."

"You too - I hope it brings you bliss"

"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..."

"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'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!"

"I hope you're happy!"

"Look at her, shes wicked!
Get her!"

"...bring me down!"

"No one mourns the wicked
So we've got to bring her..."

"Ahhhh!"

"Down!"

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Written by: Stephen Schwartz

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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