For good

I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do
Glinda

So now it's up to you
For both of us
Now it's up to you

[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 a bird)
Halfway through the wood (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