Hmm, whoa, yeah, oh baby, hmm, oh      I read you wrong   You said you'd only be away a while   But the days turned into weeks   And all the weeks into miles   Baby why?    You could've told me you were telling me goodbye   Could've come clean and let me walk away in style, oh      Funny thing is   While I was missing you   While I was figuring what I was gonna do      1 - 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   A funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone      Oh, you looked surprised   Like no one ever left you and survived, no   Well leaving me alone has kind of opened my eyes   Baby you, you gave me the time to find somebody new   And I found strength inside me I never knew, oh      Funny thing is   While he was holding me   While he was showing me how it's suppose to be      Repeat 1      Repeat 1 with ad-libs by kelly      Didn't freak, didn't cry   I just held my head up high   I learned how to say goodbye   While you were gone   Had time on my hands   Baby don't you understand   A funny thing happened to me baby   While you were gone      Had nothing but time on my hands   Learned how to understand boy   Got over you, got over you, oh   While he was holding me   While he was showing me how it's suppose to be   Oh baby      Repeat 1      While you were gone, oh   Learned to lie, learned a lesson   Learned how to get along, learned how to be strong   Learned how to love myself, while you were gone, ooh, oh