For Good Lyrics
GLINDA
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...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
as it passes a sun,
like a stream that meets a boulder
halfway through the wood,
who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.
ELPHABA
It well may be
that we will never meet again
in this lifetime,
so let me say before we part:
So much of me
is made of what I learned from you,
you'll be with me
like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you have re-written mine
by being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
by a wind off the sea,
like a seed dropped by a skybird
in a distant wood,
who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you...
GLINDA
Because I knew you...
BOTH
I have been changed
for good.
ELPHABA
And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness
for the things I've done you blame me for.
GLINDA
But then, I guess we know
there's blame to share,
BOTH
and none of it seems to matter anymore.
GLINDA (ELPHABA)
Like a comet pulled from orbit (Like a ship blown from its mooring)
as it passes a sun (by a wind off the sea.)
like a stream that meets a boulder (like a seed dropped by)
halfway through the wood, (a bird in the wood,)
BOTH
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better...
GLINDA
And because I knew you...
ELPHABA
Because I knew you...
BOTH
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.