My girlfriends and I had the ultimate Girls' Weekend! We drove to Portland on Friday night, did some shoppin' and eatin' Saturday morning, and then went to Keller Auditorium to see the Broadway Across America production of Wicked: The Musical. I SO missed my calling...aside from the fact that I can't carry a tune in a bucket I was born for the stage :-) I have not stopped listening to the soundtrack since December. And since I don't have the long drive to work anymore I've even taken to randomly driving around town just so I can belt out the showtunes at the top of my lungs all by my lonesome. So...indulge me if you will :-)
"Dear Old Shiz"
O hallowed halls and vine-draped walls
The proudliest sight there is
When grey and sere our hair hath turned
We shall still revere the lessons learned
In our days at dear old Shiz
**remember your past with fondness and take the lessons learned with you
"The Wizard and I" (a personal favorite of mine)
Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I've tried
To suppress or hide
Is a talent that could
Help me meet the Wizard
If I make good
**sometimes the one thing that you've counted as a disadvantage is the one thing that makes you so unique and desired to others
"What Is This Feeling?"
Ev'ry little trait, however small
Makes my very flesh begin to crawl
With simple utter loathing
There's a strange exhilaration
In such total detestation
It's so pure and strong!
**be careful about how you let your negative feelings take control over you..because there IS a strange exhilaration to it sometimes.
"Dancing Through Life" (another favorite)
And the strange thing:
Your life could end up changing
While you're dancing
Through!
**there is value in the journey as well as the destination
"Popular"
When I see depressing creatures
With unprepossessing features
I remind them on their own behalf
To think of
Celebrated heads of state or
Specially great communicators
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh!
They were popular! Please -
It's all about popular!
**C'mon...tell the truth...sometimes you wanna think this is true:-)...sometimes it even seems really true
"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
Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in
**Do I need to explain this one?
"One Short Day"
One short day
In the Emerald City
One short day
Full of so much to do
**Don't waste an opportunity
"Defying Gravity" (a SUPER favorite of mine)
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!
I'm through accepting limits
'Cuz 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:
**Again, nothing I could say could make it clearer...mmmm...me likey this song!
"Thank Goodness" (quickly becoming another fave!)
That's why I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is, I admit
The tiniest bit
Unlike I anticipated
But I couldn't be happier
Simply couldn't be happier
Well - not "simply":
'Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed
**be careful what you have your heart set on
"As Long As You're Mine"
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
Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
Come be how you want to
And see how bright we shine
**How much better could an expression of love be than to "kiss me too fiercely"?...how tender a picture of being with your beloved than when he asks "see how bright we shine?" when you are how you want to be...(sigh)
"For Good"
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you
**ahh...for all my girls! Makes me thankful for my friendships even though (and maybe especially because) they aren't perfect and are works in progress.
Well...there you go...a few life lessons from the story you never knew about the two witches of Oz. Y'know...it's playing in Seattle in September...wanna go? :-)
