Idina Menzel

[Verse 1: Idina Menzel] Every December, we always remember To celebrate the fella in the suit We see the promos for reindeer and his glow nose Believe me, I think Rudolph's nose is cute Now I'm a fan of Frosty, I go ga-ga for The Grinch But beneath the h...

Out of the mist of history He'll come again Sailing on ships across the sea To a wounded Nation Signs of a savoir Like fire on the water It's what we prayed for One of our own Just wait Though while he may roam Always A hero comes home He goes wh...

[Stephen:] Think of each plaza, pier, and public park How many sit there empty, lonely, dark Think of it, for tomorrow's sake Think of how you and I can make our mark You and I, we can draw a brand-new grid Everything that you dreamed of as a kid Give...

[Lucas:] So you've got nothing much in common With the artist down in Red Hook Who lost the place he works in So you could build some condos on the water? But he buys coffee from the coffee guy Who's renting from the actor Who's married to the doctor W...

Mother, be like the Northern Sky Open and wide You should be free Mother, come let me dry your eyes You need an angel Let it be me So let us rise To where your dreams meet the sky And leave this town Gather the jewels for your crown All - All hail t...

I am your sexy girl I am your baby girl I am your innocence I am your mother I'm lady chatterly Or lady chastity Or some anonymous lover I can be your little virgin (at the commack inn) Or your dominatrix (in your parent's bed) We'll play some spin the bottl...

In my life I never thought I'd get a second chance I thought I was done – then I met you And though I never dreamed I could learn how to love again I placed my bet And you came through I somehow still lost I somehow always do This time feels new Thank...

Some people seek adventure Some people long for rest Still others search for wisdom When our Land's put to the test Tears of challenge, joy, and love The river knows them well And no matter what we're dreaming of The river takes us in its spell With t...

Kiss me too fiercely Hold me too tight I need help believing You're with me tonight My wildest dreamings Could not foresee Lying beside you With you wanting me And just for this moment As long as you're mine I've lost all resistance And crossed some borderlin...

I really can't stay Baby, it's cold outside I've got to go away Baby, it's cold outside This evening has been Been hoping that you'd drop in So very nice I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice My mother will start to worry Beautiful, what's your hurry? My...

[David:] You can guard your heart forever Keep it safe and keep it sound But love won't feel so heavy If you spread that shit around What is it that you’re afraid of? Being hurt? Let down? Destroyed? Well you know it all can happen And there's more yo...

Better To Have Loved: Ooh Better To Have Loved... Ooh If the sun went down tomorrow and it never came back And the city went quiet and we fade to black Well I won't have a single regret And I wouldn't trade a thing Cause I never knew I could feel what...

I don't know just where I’m going and tomorrow it's a little overwhelming and the air is cold and I’m not the same anymore I've been running in your direction for too long now I've lost my own reflection and I can't look down if you're not there to catch me wh...

It's in our nature to deceive It's in our nature to destroy It's in our nature to move on and on Until everything is gone It's in our nature to survive It's in our nature to revive It's in our nature if we could See what's right and what is good Butte...

Child, Teach me everything you know, Everything that I once knew, How I fell for you Child, With a soul as old as time, With those eyes that have never lied, How you make my spirit fly And I, I will catch you when you fall And I, I will be there w...

I'm gonna love you Like nobody's loved you, Come rain or come shine. High as a mountain, Deep as a river... Come rain or come shine. I guess, when you met me, It was just one of those... Things. But don't ever bet me, 'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me....

Ooh, you got big muscles rippling Underneath your shirt I'm so glad to meet you, baby Tell me, what do you do for work? Me? I'm just a housewife So sad and all alone Desperate for a strong man To help me fix my home I know I must look a sight In this-...

[Fiyero:] The trouble with schools is They always try to teach the wrong lesson Believe me, I've been kicked out Of enough of them to know They want you to become less callow Less shallow But I say: why invite stress in? Stop studying strife And learn...

In the touch of a friend, In the breathe of a child, In the eyes of a soldier coming home To his mother's grateful smile, In the sight of falling snow, And the memories it brings, In the season when you find some peace, In the simple tender things, Open your h...

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 g...

Said the night wind to the little lamb Do you see what I see Way up in the sky little lamb Do you see what I see A star, a star Dancing in the night With a tail as big as a kite With a tail as big as a kite Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy Do you hear...

Where do you go? When you're alone and in your head Why do they know you? Is your story painted in red? What do you see? What do you dream when you're awake? What have they seen of you? Are you afraid of what's been said? And if time stood still If y...

In the roses In the spring I remember There was a time I wasn’t afraid of anything But with the lilacs And the rain One day you went away I remember I forgot everything [Chorus:] My mother’s always trying to tell me How to be grateful how to believe My father’...

I can feel you breathe Hear your heartbeat I love the sound, I'm hearing it loud I don't wanna sleep If I'm dreaming, I'll miss tonight Ah, found the piece, the missing part Found the hands to heal these broken Bones, you're the key [?] my heart It's...

I probably had a bit too much to drink It's a little after midnight you are probably asleep I bet that you're surprised to hear from me I still have your number memorized I know it's been eight years But I still got these butterflies I know I might soun...

Hey - Just when you think you are the shit Well, you look down and your fly is unzipped That's when you take a moment to say, "Well, sometimes I'm so totally unhip." Just when the great ones inspire you To throw caution to the wind That's when the mirror mirro...

[Elphaba:] I'm limited. Just look at me. I'm limited. And just look at you. You can do all I couldn't do. Glinda... So now it's up to you, For both of us. Now it's up to you. [Glinda:] I've heard it said, That people come into our lives For a rea...

We thought it had it all We thought we'd go unscathed We thought our love would border on infinity We thought that we were free The world would disappear We left ourselves wide open and we had no fear But forever came and went Forever stumbled through...

These are just the three degrees of Failing. First it's in your voice and how it's Trailing. I can tell my grip on you is Fading. 'Cause I can feel your disposition Changing. So say that this is still where I belong Or tell me I'm wrong. And I'll pu...

Now I have nothing, So God give me strength, 'Cuz I'm weak in his wake, And if I'm strong, I might still break. And I don't have anything to share, That I won't throw away into the air. That song is sung out, And this bell is rung out, He was the li...

Who toke the sunlight out of your sky? Who watched as life was passing you by? Who let the truth turn into a lie? It was I, it was I Who said I'll be there if you just wait? Went the time came it was too late Who broke your wings so you couldn't fly? I...

In a perfect world, in another time In a far off place we wouldn't need to justify Everything we are And all that we believe We could finally be Whoever we both want to be And when we can't be heard, And when we can't be seen I will call you close and You...

She will never be invincible She will never be some Florence Nightingale Her thresholds invisible but she'll hang on like hell Yeah, she may be transparent She's got no defenses to speak of But she'll stand here before you with no pride or prejudice Just stead...

I know that you want me to dream And I don't mind dreaming But if it's all a waste If your heart won't breathe I'll choose to stay awake And make a mess Here's my blank confession The sun in me will die if you bottom out So while smiles don't stick around I'l...

[Liz:] I'm not one for fortunes Or wishing on a star And I've studied all the stories And what our chances are Then my heart starts beating faster And it makes this disaster worse by far Still, here I go Oh here I go Now I know all the motions The s...

[Josh:] Hey, kid Everyone’s waiting on you, kid Everyone’s wond’ring what you’ll do, kid It’s true kid Me too, kid Hey, kid We’re so excited Just to know you’ll soon be here Say – kid We’re both delighted Though that may not seem so clear But I di...

Have a holly jolly Christmas It's the best time of the year I don't know if there'll be snow But have a cup of cheer Have a holly jolly Christmas And when we walk down the street Say hello to friends you know And everyone we meet Oh ho the mistletoe...

This is the story Of a bird with no wings But certain that it can fly Sailing on love Into the head winds Forcing it's way by and by If only we were As strong as this bird Our spirit would never die What do we name it Hope is the right word Hope i...

I got the picket fence I got the perfect shiny stone It don't make any sense Here, but nobody's home Used to tell you every little thing about me You would swear that you could never live without me Well we said, we said, we said, we said We said a lot...

Like a prima ballerina I tip toe, tip toe around you constantly I hear the water running Will it wash your tears or leak through the ceiling? Make my way up a spiral staircase Hope to God you had a good day When you're furious When you start to freeze...

[Idina Menzel (aka Liz Vaughan):] I hate you, I hate you I love you, I hate you Don't do it, I need you Forget it, I know you My God how I hate you Don't leave me. I love you Don't say that you love me Cause what does it matter? You're going to leave...

I lie awake looking back God knows this Life goes fast Each day harder than the last Breaking down in the dark I don't know how I fell this far from heaven Can't put the pieces back together So you lie there and dream Here's to the lonely To the br...

When you ask me - who I am what is my vision, and do I have a plan where is my strength have I nothing to say I hear the words in my head I push them away Cause... I stand for the power to change I live for the perfect day I love till it hurts li...

Hands touch, eyes meet Sudden silence, sudden heat Hearts leap in a giddy whirl He could be that boy But I'm not that girl: Don't dream too far Don't lose sight of who you are Don't remember that rush of joy He could be that boy I'm not that girl Ev'ry so of...

If I told you that I lie sometimes, If I told you that I'd run away, If I told you who I was before, Would you follow me? If I told you that I sneak sometimes, If I told you that I love too much, If I showed you the other side, Would you follow me? Cause I'm...

Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ahh-ah-ah I can hear you – but I won't Some look for trouble while others don't There's a thousand reasons I should go about my day And ignore your whispers, which I wish would go away Oh-oh (Ah-ah-ah-ah) Oh-oh (Ah-ah-ah-ahh-a...

Well guess who I saw today Standing outside my favorite cafe Sipping his morning coffee On my street. I said, "How are you? I'm just fine. I think that I recognize that tie." He said, "Sorry I never got to say good-" "By the way, I'm doing much...

Yesterday this woman met this man in Madison Park Quite by chance, all at random, as it were But they met again just now, in this tunnel in the dark Could mere chance have caused the two things to occur? Or could there be another meaning to infer? Coul...

Tryin' just to rise above, But it's inevitably sinkin' low. And I'm tryin' to take the higher road, But the more I lift me up, the deeper down I go And who do I think I'm kidding? This graciousness ain't exactly fitting. And I must admit: I know it don...

You'd say everything was okay Even if it was a lie You sold me on a million stories I believed you every time Well, this ain't funny anymore I don't think I really wanna play Please tell this joke to end And make it go away Are you just kidding, baby...

Down in Larissa's lagoon She sits by the light of the moon She's hearing voices in her head She must be strong She must not give in to their song She's hearing voices in her head Down in Larissa's lagoon Her guests; they sleep in separate rooms But her father...

I'm sorry if I wasn't there Or acted like I didn't care You were always there for me Seeing what I couldn't see I am sorry if you felt alone I should've called, I should've known There's nothing that I wouldn't do To get just one more day with you So...

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight Not a footprint to be seen A kingdom of isolation And it looks like I’m the Queen The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside Couldn’t keep it in Heaven knows I tried Don’t let them in Don’t let them see Be...

It's October again Leaves are falling down like rain One more year's come and gone But nothing's changed Wasn't I supposed to be someone Who could face the things that I've been running from? Let me feel I don't care if I break down Let me fall Even...

Looking for a girl I used to know She used to walk these city streets Going anywhere the wind would blow She used to look a bit like me Someday I'm gonna find her again And I'm gonna tell her the truth Shake her by the shoulders Make her see nobody's f...

[Beth:] We’re none of us getting any younger You can feel the time go by And maybe we can't lose our hurt and anger But God damn it all, let's try We planned a better day But planets turn one way So though it seems unlike me, girls, this is what I sa...

If we move in together Will i still be a slob Will things get ordinary Will i piss you off 'cause I don't cook Throw my clothes on the floor And i mix the darks and whites Oh baby your kisses are pure And the sex lasts for hours You want me the less I shower I...

In the roses In the spring I remember There was a time I wasn't afraid of anything But with the lilacs And the rain One day you went away I remember I forgot everything [Chorus:] My mother's always trying to tell me How to be grateful how to belie...

[spoken] Fiyero! [sung] Eleka nahmen nahmen Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen Eleka nahmen nahmen Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen Let his flesh not be torn Let his blood leave no stain Though they beat him Let him feel no pain Let his bones never break And howe...

[Kate:] Once upon a grad school, Beth met Oren and he said “My dear, you're kind, you're pretty with a brein inside your head I've got work out West, will you come with me, if we’re wed?” So off Beth went to Phoenix, Full of champagne, cake, and dread T...

Later on, when the embers cool down When I catch my breath and look around You were right beside me Slow dance in the middle of a hurricane Every worry that I had, every little pain They just fade inside me Lost you once, I take the blame Climb that h...

All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put us back together again. We huffed and we puffed, And we blew this house down. We tried. Yeah, we tried. The sticks and the stones were breakin my bones, And the names that were said kinda hurt us. Ridd...

[TOURISTS] ONE SHORT DAY IN THE EMERALD CITY... [GLINDA] I've always wanted to see the Emerald City. [TOURISTS] ONE SHORT DAY IN THE EMERALD CITY ... ONE SHORT DAY IN THE EMERALD CITY ONE SHORT DAY FULL OF SO MUCH TO DO EV'RY WAY THAT YOU LOOK...

Last night I had a dream I found myself in a desert Called Cyberland It was hot My canteen had sprung a leak And I was thirsty Out of the abyss Walked a cow, Elsie I asked if she had Anything to drink She said, "I'm forbidden To produce milk In...

Don't know much about practicing what I preach, Don't know how to be envious without jealousy, Don't know how to hold my temper, when I have to get in the last word, Don't know how to speak softly and still be heard, But before I lose everything and everyone w...

[Verse 1] Jack and Jill went up the hill, a bucket full of dreams When the morning came, they carved their names into the cherry tree But the hill was built on quicksand and it all came tumblin' down So they held onto the only thing they couldn't live with...

A crack in the smile But she's always in style while she waits Waving goodbye but she's too tired to cry and she's wasted A letter he wrote But it's far too expose so he throws it away The sound of regret as it's counting the steps back to safe I don't...

Sitting in my easy chair I got no friends but I really don't care I don't remember birthdays I don't remember names People talking to me I know not what they say Well my political policy is lassisez-faire You keep off my, my thoroughfare My weeds grow...

I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas, please Fold 'em, let 'em hit me, raise it, baby stay with me Love the game, intuition, play the cards with spades to start And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart Oh uh oh oh oh uh oh oh I'...

[Glinda] You see Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project. [Elphaba] You really don't have to do that. [Glinda] [Brightly] I know. That's what makes me so nice! [Sings] Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I (and...

You mistake my passion for anger Should I sit polite in the silence So quick in pointing the finger I got sick of taking the blame If there’s a price to pay for your acceptance A sacrifice for your judgment I guess I have to learn a lesson Now I’m not...

Rise up Rise in the morning Sing your song in all its glory Li li, li li, li li li Sing high Take it to the sky Sing like the sound of a butterfly Could sing Li li, li li, li li li Sing out Sing in the evening Stand for the world that you believe...

It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees. They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace, Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. But it don't snow here, Stays pretty green. I'm gonna make a lot of money And and then I'm go...

Heaven knows I went through hell Trying to trust somebody else I had all but given up Cause I was never quite enough Couldn't tell I was going under Suddenly, suddenly that water Pulls you in, pulls you down Balancing on a tightrope wire Build the wal...

Silent night, holy night All is calm and all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from Heaven afar Heave...

I'm standing in the field My feet lift off the ground No one here will see me No one will hurt me now I'm brushing off the rain While climbing through the clouds Nobody can see me No one can hurt me now Goodbye, gravity Goodbye, enemies I'm going u...

I heard that you were home again, but you don't look like your back to me With your focuses changing your gaze is transfixed on a point that I can't often see You've got your new ties, I've got my old knots, you've got your inside lines But your never happy wi...

[Beth:] Somewhere there's a world where you and I are man and wife We have a child Or three And it’s just fine with me To love that life And somewhere there's a world Where from the first we never met We never spoke Or kissed We don't know what we...

[DOCTOR DILLAMOND] [spoken] Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one hears these days. Dreadful things... [sung] I've heard of an Ox A professor from Quox No longer permitted to teach Who has lost all powers of speech And an Owl in Munchkin Rock A vicar with a...

I wonder if you sleep right now Do you realize I'm clinging to The edge of this bed I have Nowhere to go--I have nowhere If I leave you'll call me quitter If I stay you'll punish me with silence and somehow You'll fall asleep...You'll fall asleep [Chor...

What will it take to Make them quit calling? You change your number, and I will change mine. How can we show them That we have fallen into a love much too deep to define. Kissing in public Touching and hugging. Can't they see how your eyes are capturin...

[Crowd:] Hey, hey, ain't it some surprise? How the years will slip on past you How the time just flies Then behold, you're older, bolder and Much wiser than before Ain't that some surprise [Anne:] They're at the door! [Crowd:] Surprise! [Lucas:]...

[Maureen:] Every single day, I walk down the street I hear people say 'baby so sweet' Ever since puberty Everybody stares at me Boys girls I can't help it baby So be kind and don't lose your mind Just remember that I'm your baby Take me for what I am...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find...

[Beth:] The engine stops The plane drops The moment explodes A sudden rush A brute hush And the moment explodes [Beth & Architect:] The moment explodes [Beth:] Into thoughts of all the things I've left undone And flashes from a life I've just...

[MADAME MORRIBLE:] [spoken] Oh, Miss Elphaba [sung/spoken] 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...

[Wedding Party:] Oh oh oh Hey Oh oh oh hey All the days he thought he lost her All the nights she had that fear All the fights and all they cost her All of that has led them here All their life has gone this way So they could be here this day Oh this...

This flowing water Reflects the sun in your eyes I wish you could see The part of me that I must hide inside They think I can control it But as time goes by This power's getting stronger Who am I? Will I be defined by this curse I hold inside Could...

Maybe it's much too early in the game Aah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same What are you doing New Year's New Year's Eve? Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night Welcoming in the New Year New Year's Ev...

[Guitar Player:] Here's how it starts and here's how it ends [Singer 1:] Two different hearts maybe lovers or friends [Company:] No one knows the ways the long road bends [Singer 1:] Once every day your life starts again [Guitar Player:] No one...

[Spoken - Galinda:] Dearest, darlingest, Momsie and Popsicle... [Spoken - Elphaba:] My dear Father... [Both:] There's been some confusion Over rooming here at Shiz. [Elphaba:] But, of course, I'll care for Nessa. [Galinda:] But, of course, I'll r...

[Liz:] Hey you there, with that face in the mirror What the hell are you looking at? No, really, who are you there to judge me? You're exactly like me, but flat I'm the one who has to live this life Grab the happiness that comes my way So I'm gonna say...

[David:] If you met him tomorrow and knew you would lose him If you saw him and saw all the hurt you would know Would you hold him while you had him Or let him go? If you knew that your laughter would not last forever But you knew while it did you would...

When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfi...

Where do I begin my love Starting with the things I haven’t said enough of Starting with the day you changed my life And ending with the way I feel tonight Where do I begin Where do I belong when you’re not here This is way beyond my darkest fear I don’...

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may a...

I can't even look at you. You make fun of me for cryin'. Well, I guess I do a lot these days, But I'm riskin' everything I have To love you--to be with you. I open myself up and tell you All my deepest secrets, And I wonder if you ever hear them. 'Ca...

[DILLAMOND] [spoken] Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one hears these days. Dreadful things... [sung] I've heard of an Ox A professor from Quox No longer permitted to teach Who has lost all powers of speech And an Owl in Munchkin Rock A vicar with a thrivi...

[Lucas:] You don't need to love me Or tell me that you do Don't make me any promises Just promise we're not through Don't give me one damn thing I won't let you call this greed Just let me give to you that's the only thing I need I know that this can...

You learn to take your coffee black You learn to drink your whiskey neat You learn to take your shower cold And sleep on tired feet You learn to order dinner in You learn to send the laundry out You learn how to amuse yourself You learn to live without...

You never know How badly this could go I've got disaster written on my cheek The odds are I'm some two-faced, lying freak Who will whisper pretty things, then leave you flat And steal your cat It might not be that bad, but even so You never see The wo...

You'd be surprised at all that I've become. You'd be surprised, I've changed while you've been gone, And I learned so much more from you than I could ever say. If you were here, I think that you'd stay... You'd be surprised how far these arms can reach. You'd...