"One Short Day" is a song featured in the 2024 film Wicked which was written and composed by Stephen Schwartz. It is performed by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp and Ariana Grande as Glinda Upland. The song is an upbeat and lively number where Elphaba and Glinda explore the wonders of the Emerald City. This scene showcases the vibrant and magical atmosphere of the city and the growing friendship between the two characters.
Lyrics[]
Tourists:
One short day
If you only have, if you only have
One short day
One short day in the Emerald City
One short day in the Emerald City
One short day, one short day, one short day, one short day
In the Emerald City
Emerald City
One short day in the Emerald City
One short day full of so much to do
Every way that you look in this city
There's something exquisite you'll want to visit
Before the day's through
Elphaba:
There are buildings tall as Quoxwood trees
Glinda:
Dress salons
Elphaba:
And libraries
Glinda:
Palaces
Elphaba:
Museums
Elphaba and Glinda:
A hundred strong
There are wonders likе I've never seen
Glinda:
It's all grand
Elphaba:
And it's all green
Elphaba and Glinda:
I think wе've found the place where we belong
I wanna be in this hoi polloi
Elphaba:
So I'll be back for good someday
Glinda:
To make my life and make my way
Both:
But for today, we'll wander and enjoy my
All:
One short day in the Emerald City
One short day to have a lifetime of fun
One short day
Both:
And we're warning the city
Now that we're in here
You'll know we've been here
All:
Before we are done
Announcer:
Presenting the absolute factual story of our wonderful Wizard of Oz
Starring the Emerald City players
Presenter:
Long, long ago, long before we can recall
There lived here in Oz the magical wise ones
Wizomania Choir:
Ah, the magical wise ones
Wizomania Choir and Presenter:
The wisest of them all
Wizomania Singer 1:
We will not live forever
That, I can foresee
Wizomania Singer 2:
So let us set all of our magic
Wizomania Singer 1:
In a strange and secret language
Wizomania Singer 1 and 2:
In a book
Wizomania Singer 1 and Choir
The Grimmerie
Wizomania Singer and Choir:
The Grimmerie
Presenter:
But time ticked ever onward day by day
Wizomania Choir:
Oh
Presenter:
And all those who could read it passed away
Wizomania Choir:
Oh
Presenter and Wizomania Choir:
'Til one day, no one could
Presenter:
But the wise ones left a prophecy
Wizomania Singer 3:
In Oz's darkest hour
Though we cannot say when
Wizomania Singer 4:
There will come one with the power
To read the Grimmerie again
Wizomania Singer 3:
And Oz, which had been sad and blah
Wizomania Singer 4 and Choir:
Once more will sing a joyous
Wizomania Singer 3:
Oh
Presenter, spoken:
Look!
A man in a balloon arriving from the sky
Maybe he is here to fulfill the prophecy
But can he read the Grimmerie?
Wizomania Choir:
This man who comes out of the blue
Is he the prophecy?
Presenter:
There's one way we'll know if it's true
Presenter and Wizomania Choir, Wizomania Choir:
Fetch the Grimmerie (The Grimmerie)
Wizard of Oz:
Omaha
Omaha
Woman, spoken:
He can read it
He must be
A Wizard
Wizard of Oz:
The prophecy fulfilled
What merriness he'll bring
Now every Ozian raise a voice and sing
And sing, and sing
Wizomania Singer 5:
Who's the mage whose major
Itinerary is making all Oz merrier?
Wizomania Singer 6:
Who's the sage who sagely
Sailed in to save our posteriors?
Wizomania Choir:
Whose enthuse for hot-air ballooning
Has all of Oz honeymooning?
Ooh, isn't he wonderful?
Our wonderful Wizard
Elphaba and Glinda, Wizomania Choir:
One short day (Who's the mage whose major)
In the Emerald City (Itinerary is making all Oz merrier?)
One short day (Who's the sage who sagely)
To have a lifetime of fun (Sailed in to save our posteriors?)
All:
What a way to be seeing the city
Elphaba and Glinda:
Where so many roam to
We'll call it home too
And then, just like now, we can say
We're just two friends
Elphaba:
Two good friends
Glinda:
Two best friends
All:
Sharing one wonderful
One short
Guard, spoken:
The Wizard will see you now!
All:
Day
