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
Then 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

It well may be
We will never meet again in this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Of what I’ve learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you'll have rewritten mine
By being my friend
Like a ship blown from it's mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a sea dropped by a sky bird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better

But because I knew you (Because I knew you)
I have been changed for good.

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness of the things I've done
You’ve blamed me for
But then, I guess,
We know there's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit
(Like a ship blown from it's mooring)
As it passes a sun
(By a wind off the sea)
Like a stream that meets a boulder
(Like a sea dropped by sky bird)
Halfway through the wood (in the wood)
Who can say if I've been changed for the better
I do believe I have been changed for the better

And because I knew you
Because I knew you
Because I knew you
I have been changed for good
For good

Duet with Sandi Patty