I don't always miss you when you're gone And I don't think about you all the time Nobody to tell me what to do And usually that nobody is you I don't always miss you when you're gone And I don't think about the time we spent The things we did or the places that we went And I don't sit 'round with a distant look Scribbling your name in little hearts in my notebook I don't always miss you when you're gone I know what love looks like from TV From the books I've read and the movies that I've seen And isn't it just everybody's dream To be in love and never turn eighteen I don't always miss you when you're gone