[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