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 'til 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 movin' 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'd never hear you say "I just wanna be with you"? Guess you never felt that way But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so movin' 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 movin' on, yeah, yeah Thanks to you (thanks to you) Now I get, I get what I want I can breathe for the first time I'm so movin' 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