For Good (Live from the Gershwin Theatre)

[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

[GLINDA & ELPHABA]
I have been changed for good

[IDINA MENZEL]
The years go by so fast
The flames keep burning but we know some day it could be gone

[KRISTIN CHENOWETH]
It's nice to know that
As the torch gets passed

[IDINA MENZEL & KRISTIN CHENOWETH]
You will keep it blazing brightly on

[GLINDA & ELPHABA, IDINA MENZEL & KRISTIN CHENOWETH]
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 a bird)
Halfway through the wood

[IDINA MENZEL & KRISTIN CHENOWETH, GLINDA & ELPHABA]
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better

[KRISTIN CHENOWETH & GLINDA]
And because I knew you

[IDINA MENZEL & ELPHABA]
Because I knew you

[ALL]
Because I knew you
I have been changed
For good