Here's the thing, we started out friends   It was cool, but it was all pretend    Yeah, yeah   Since you've been gone, gone, gone, gone...      You're dedicated, you took the time   It wasn't long before I made you mine   Yeah, yeah   Yeah, yeah   Since you've been gone, gone, gone...      How come I'd never hear you say   I just wanna be with you   How come I'd never hear you say      But since you've 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've been gone      How can I put it, you put me on   I even fell for that stupid love song   Yeah, yeah   yeah, yeah   Since you've been gone, gone, gone...      How come I'd never hear you say   I just wanna be with you   I guess you never felt that way      But since you've 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've been gone...      Wait, they don't love you like I love you   Wait, they don't love you like I love you      Wait, they don't love you like I love you   They don't love you like I love you   They don't love you like I love you   They don't love you like I love you