You held my hand and walked me home,I know
While you gave me that kiss you were something like this
It made me go ooh ooh
You wiped my tears got rid of all my fears
Why did you have to go?
Guess it wasn't enough to take up some of my love
Guys are so hard to trust

Did I not tell you that I'm not like that
Girl, the one who gives it all away?

Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was somethin' I was gonna do,and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do
Don't try to tell me what to say
You're better off that way

Don't think that your charm, and the fact that your arm
Is now around my neck
Will get you in my pants I'll have to kick your ass
And make you never forget
I'm gonna ask you to stop thought I liked you a lot
But I'm really upset, really upset
Get outta my head, get off of my bed
Yeah that's what I said

Did I not tell you that I'm not like that
Girl, the one who throws it all away?

Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was somethin' I was gonna do, and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do
Don't try to tell me what to say
You're better off that way

This guilt trip that you put me on won't mess me up
I've done no wrong
Any thoughts of you and me have gone away

Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was somethin' I was gonna do, and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do
Don't try to tell me what to say
You're better off that way

Better off that way
I'm better off alone anyway



Lyrics submitted by NIKKIE

Track duration: 03:22

"Don't Tell Me" as written by Avril Ramona Lavigne, Evan David Taubenfeld

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • 0
    General Comment:I like it when a girl says NO to sexual propositions and is firm about it. NO for yesterday, NO for now, NO for tomorrow. The answer simply NO maybe because there are girls who aren't interested in defiling their bodies. To some it may not mean anything but to others it does.
    Flag Eadoinon December 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Those saying Avril Lavigne can't sing live are sad!
    Flag Eadoinon December 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It's not often that girls stand for what is precious to them. I know 2 girls like Avril Lavigne who don't give in.... One of them even liked a guy she knew wouldn't let her keep her virginity, as it didn't mean anything to him as it did to her. It must be difficult to have feelings for someone and have to make a difficult choice!
    Flag Eadoinon December 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:avril is the best
    Flag girlrockon March 08, 2012   Link
  • +2
    My Opinion:I think this is one of the best songs Avrile has written(though I do have some other favorites). What I admire most is her depiction of the kind of girl who is so rare to find these days. Someone who knows what she's worth and won't sacrifice her principles or moral for some stud. She knows what love is and she hasn't got it. So she knows to stay away from the dumb prick. I admire her courage and will and her determination to be by herself until she can find someone true. Wish there were more people like that in the world.

    But then again, if wishes were wings, pigs would fly.
    Flag kaylorson October 28, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:It's really obvious that the song is dedicated to probably, the guy Avril loved whom she also thought loved her, but then the guy just left her for no reason. But when the guy comes back and acting as if the girl is still into him, the girl pushes him away because he's hurt her a lot already.
    Flag musicmelodylyricson February 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:well, it's more than obvious
    what this song is about

    bout this horny bf avril had, he wanted to get in her pants and she said if he did so, she'll kick his ass. so the guy was giving her guilt trip like every guy does now a day when they can't get sex from someone there like
    ''aww, i guess you don't love me,'' and blah
    buhh avril was strong even to say that the guilt trip that he put her on wasn't gonna mess her up, cos she has done no wrong, so in the end everything that guy nd her were has gone away,

    i love when she says ''I'm better off alone anyway'' so true.
    Flag everybodyhurtson December 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This was the fist Avril song I ever heard
    Flag CaityCatRoxson November 15, 2009   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:For me this is about this girl, she's got a boy, and she's all happy with him but suddenly she sees this boy just wanna... you know. Then she says "go to hell" and the realtionship ends, maybe she kinda regrets but then realizes it's better to be alone than with some horny pig.

    I like her music 'cause seems like Avril said what a lot of girls wanted to but anyone dared to. I'm a boy and the girls I know are mostly pretenciois, bitches, or shy, or into something sad or dark. Girl if fell in the lie just learn and wait for someone nice. Love from Guatemala. - Jose
    Flag j053on July 21, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:


    Avril Lavigne, as cliché as it sounds, is my role model. She’s always stuck up for what she believes in, and she's never let anyone push her around, especially of the male persuasion. Her music shaped me into the girl I am. I know that sounds kind of dumb to state, but me, not having a female to kind of pave something there for me to look at as an example makes her music mean a lot in that way. I’ve turned down a lot of guys who I’m happy that I did because frankly, now that I look at it, I would have been dumb if I didn’t. That’s obvious when I look back on it.

    Flag GravelyMistakenon June 04, 2009   Link

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