For Good.......Wicked

Last night I went to see Wicked with a group of women. It was such a good night with great conversation and so relaxing. I had actually seen the performance in Chicago a few years ago with my acting class and was very excited to get to see it again. My kids and I love the music. I had the CD and over time I have no idea where it ended up so I had to pick up a new one last night. I was telling my friend Destiny that one of favorite songs is Popular...mainly because there is nothing like walking into your 15 yr old son's room and listening to him belt it out with a pair of headphones on....Adorable!!! And of course there is Defying Gravity. One of these days I really want to blog on that song and how it impacted my life when I heard it for the first time. But last night the song that hit me the hardest was For Good....I was listening and tears were streaming from my face....It just hit me hard and made me go to a place in my heart that continues to follow me. I could go through it all and disect it but I think for one thing it's okay that it stays in my head(I know shocking huh?)....and for another thing I am out the door for a day of running around (imagine that?) Today Remedy Drive and 2 other bands are in town to raise money for our SOUL kitchen (Serving Others with Unconditional Love) So I am in charge of Lunch and Supper so I really have to go but just wanted to get this posted....

Well I hope that you enjoy this song...and if you get a moment to look up the other ones to I am sure that you will enjoy them too.

Today I have a dream for myself............... that others would say that because they knew me that there lives were changed for good.........sigh....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmAPhy7WaQs&feature=related
(Elphaba):
Im limited
Just look at me - Im 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
(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by 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...