[Doctor Dillamond]
Oh, Miss Elphaba
The things one hears these days
Dreadful things
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 thriving flock
Forbidden to preach
Now he only can screech!
Only rumors, but still enough to give pause
To anyone with paws
Something bad is happening in Oz

[Elphaba]
Something bad? Happening in Oz?

[Dillamond]
Under the surface
Behind the scenes
Something ba-a-ad
Sorry, bad

[Elphaba]
Doctor Dillamond, if something bad is happening
To the animals, someone's got to tell the Wizard
That's why we have a Wizard
So nothing bad

[Dillamond]
I hope you're right

[Both]
Nothing all that bad

[Dillamond]
Nothing truly ba-a-ad
Sorry, bad

[Elphaba]
It couldn't happen here
In Oz