AVRIL LAVIGNE - DON'T TELL ME
You Held My Hand And Walked Me Home
I Know Why You Gave That Kiss
It Was Something Like This
It Made Me Go Oh Oh
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 Something 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
Thouht I Liked You A Lot
But I'm Really Upset
Get Out Of My Head
Get Out 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 Something 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 Something 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
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Avril Lavigne, Evan Taubenfield
Producer(s): Butch Walker
Don't Tell Me Finds Avril Lavigne Taking A Stand Against A Guy Who's Trying To Get In Her Pants. He Turns On The Emotional Charm When He Wants Sex, But Otherwise He's Emotionally Absent. Avril Considers It A "Girl Power" Song, As She Tells This Guy How It's Going To Be. Lavigne Was 19 When It Was Released.
Lavigne Wrote The Lyrics; Her Guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld, Came Up With The Music. It Was Their First Collaboration Together - Taubenfeld Was Just Screwing Around On His Guitar And Came Up With A Beat. Lavigne Liked It And Began Singing Some Lyrics From A Song She Was Working On. Taubenfeld Also Worked With Lavigne On The Under My Skin Track "Take Me Away," And Contributed To Her Next Two Albums.
Lavigne Implied This Song Was Inspired By Limp Bizkit Frontman Fred Durst. "He Took A Private Jet Out To One Of My Shows, Expecting Me To Bang Him," She Told Rolling Stone. "He Was Disappointed That I Wouldn't Even Go Near Him."
Durst Denied It, Saying, "I Don't Really Know Her."
Butch Walker Produced This Song, Which Was Issued As The Lead Single From Lavigne's Second Album, Under My Skin. Avril Wanted "My Happy Ending," A Song She Wrote With Walker, To Be The First Single, But Her Record Company Insisted On "Don't Tell Me."
The Video Was Directed By Liz Friedlander, Whose Other Work Includes "The Great Beyond" By R.E.M. And "You Learn" By Alanis Morissette. It Finds Lavigne Casting The Guy Off As She Walks The Streets Of Los Angeles.