Here's the thing, we started out friends It was cool, but it was all pretendYeah, yeah, since you've been goneYou're dedicated, you took the timeWasn't long till I called you mineYeah, yeah, since you've been goneAnd all you'd ever hear me sayIs how I picture me with youThat's all you'd ever hear me sayBut since you've been goneI can't breathe for the first timeI'm sober with a heartYeah, yeah, thanks to youNow I get what I wantSince you've been goneHow can I put it, you put me onI even fell for that stupid love songYeah, yeah, since you've been goneAnd all you'd ever hear me sayIs how I picture me with youI guess you never felt that wayBut since you've been goneI can't breathe for the first timeI'm sober with a heartYeah, yeah, thanks to youNow I get what I wantSince you've been goneYou had your chance, you blew itOut of sight, out of mindShut your mouth, just can't take itAgain and again and again and againSince you've been goneI can't breathe for the first timeI'm sober with a heartYeah, yeah, thanks to youNow I get what I wantSince you've been goneThanks to you, now I getI get what I wantFor the first timeI'm sober with a heartYeah, yeah, thanks to youNow I get, you should knowThat I get, get what I wantSince you've been goneSince you've been goneSince you've been gone*