Here's the thing We started out friends It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah, yeah Since you been gone You're dedicated, you took the time Wasn't long till I called you mine Yeah, yeah Since you been gone And all you'd ever hear me say Is how I picture me with you That's all you'd ever hear me say But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on Yeah, yeah Thanks to you Now I get what I want Since you been gone How can I put it? You put me on I even fell for that stupid love song Yeah, yeah Since you been gone How come I've never heard you say I just want to be with you? I guess you never felt that way But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on Yeah, yeah Thanks to you Now I get I get what I want Since you been gone You had your chance, you blew it Out of sight, out of mind Shut your mouth, I just can't take it Again, and again, and again, and again But since you been gone (since you been gone) I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on Yeah, yeah Thanks to you (thanks to you) Now I get (now I get) You should know (you should know) That I get I get what I want Since you been gone