I read you wrong   You said you'd only be away a while   But the days turned into weeks   and the weeks into miles, baby why?   You could've told me you were tellin' me goodbye   Could've come clean and let me walk away in style      Funny thing is.....   While I was missin' you   While I was figurin "what was I gonna do?"      I got wise   I got hip   I caught on to your tricks   I got over it real quick yeah baby   while you were gone   Now I'm cool   Can't you tell?   Feel so good about myself   Funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone      You look surprised   Like no one ever left you and survived   But leavin' me alone    Has kinda opened my eyes   Baby you, you gave me the time   To find somebody new   and I found strength inside of me I never knew      Funny thing is   While he was holding me   While he was showing me how it's supposed to be      I got wise   I got hip   I caught on to your tricks   I got over it real quick yeah baby   While you were gone   Now I'm cool   Can't you tell?   Feel so good about myself   Funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone      Didn't break   Didn't cry   I just tell my head I'm fine   I learned how to say goodbye   While you were gone   I had time on my hands   Boy what don't you understand?   Funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone      oh... oh...   while you were gone I learned how to get along   while he was gone I got strong      While he was holdin me   While he was showin me   how it's supposed to be, oh oh whoa         Didn't break   Didn't cry   I just tell my head I'm fine   I learned how to say goodbye   While you were gone   I had time on my hands   Boy what don't you understand?   Funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone         I got wise   I got hip   I caught on to your tricks   I got over it real quick yeah baby   While you were gone   Now I'm cool   Can't you tell?   Feel so good about myself   Funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone         repeat til fade