[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 to live "the unexamined life"...

Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life´s more painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard?
When it´s so soothing
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can sluff it off as I do
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It´s just life
So keep dancing through...

Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is faught less
When you´re thoughtless
Those who don´t try
Never look foolish
Dancing through life
Mindless and careless
Make sure you´re where less
Trouble is rife
Woes are fleeting
Blows are glancing
When you´re dancing
Through life...
So-what´s the most swankified place in town?

[Glinda]
That would be the Ozdust Ballroom.

[Fiyero]
Sounds perfect.
Let´s go down to the Ozdust Ballroom
We´ll meet there later tonight
We can dance till it´s light
Find the prettiest girl...
Give her a whirl
Right on down to the Ozdust Ballroom
Come on
Follow me
You´ll be happy to be there...

[Students]
Dancing Through Life
Down at the Ozdust...

[Fiyero]
If only because dust
Is what we come to

[Students]
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It´s just life...

[Fiyero]
So keep dancing through...

[Boq]
Miss GLINDA, I hope you´ll save at least one dance for me. I´ll be right here. Waiting. All night.

[Glinda]
Oh-that´s so kind. But you know what would be even kinder?
See that tragic´ly beautiful girl
The one in the chair
It seems so unfair
We should go on a spree
And not she
Gee-
I know someone would be my hero
If that someone were
To go invite her...

[Boq]
Well maybe, I could invite her?

[Glinda]
Oh, Bick, really?
You would do that for me?

[Boq]
I would do anything for you Miss GLINDA.

[Glinda]
So...

[Fiyero]
So I´ll be picking you up around eight?

[Glinda]
After all-
Now that we´ve met one another

[Glinda & Fiyero]
It´s clear we deserve each other

[Glinda]
You´re perfect...

[Fiyero]
You´re perfect...

[Glinda & Fiyero]
So we´re perfect together
Born to be forever...
Dancing Through Life...

[Nessa]
Oh, Elphaba-Isn´t it wonderful?
Fin´lly for this one night
I´m about to have a fun night
With this Munchkin boy
Glinda found for me
And I only wish there were
Something I could do for her
To repay her
Elphaba, see
We deserve each other
And Glinda helped it come true
We deserve each other
Me and Boq -
please, Elphaba, try to understand.

[Elphaba]
I do...
Glinda, listen. Nessa and I were talking about you just now.

[Glinda]
And I was just talking about you. I thought you might want to wear this hat to the party tonight!
It´s really-uh-sharp
Don´t you think?
You know black is this year´s pink
You deserve each other
This hat and you
You´re both so smart
You deserve each other
So here
Out of the goodness of my heart

[Boq]
Listen, Nessa

[Nessa]
Yes?

[Boq]
Uh, Nessa.
I´ve got something to confess, a
Reason why, well-
Why I asked you here tonight
Now I know it isn´t fair...

[Nessa]
Oh, Boq. I know why.

[Boq]
You do?

[Nessa]
It´s because I´m in this chair
And you felt sorry for me
Well isn´t that right?

[Boq]
No! no! It´s because..uh..because...
Because you are so beautiful

[Nessa]
Oh, Boq! I think you´re wonderful!
And we deserve each other
Don´t you see, this is our chance?
We deserve each other
Don´t we, Boq?

[Boq]
You know what?
Let´s dance!

[Nessa]
What?

[Boq]
Let´s Dance!

[Students]
Dancing Through Life
Down at the Ozdust
If only because dust
Is what we come to
And the strange thing:
You´re life could end up changing
While you´re dancing
Through!