[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 bettеr?

But because I knew you

I havе 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