Here's the thing, we started out friends It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah-yeah, since you been gone You 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 pictured 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 (since you been gone) How come I'd never hear you say "I just wanna be with you" (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 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 (I get) You should know (you should know) That I get, I get what I want Since you been gone Since you been gone Since you been gone