Darlin

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“Darlin” is the 11th track from Goodbye Lullaby, and serves as an acoustic ballad that discusses wanting someone to be happy whilst they’re currently in a saddened state. … Read More

Mar. 8, 20111 viewer9.9K views

Darlin Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Darlin', you're hiding in the closet once again
Start smilin'
I know you're tryin' real hard not to turn your head away
Pretty darlin'
Face tomorrow, tomorrow's not yesterday
Yesterday, oh, oh

[Chorus]
Pretty please, I know it's a drag
Wipe your eyes and put up your head
Wish you could be happy instead
There's nothin' else I can do
But love you the best that I can
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Darlin', I was there once a while ago
I know
That it's hard to be stuck with people that you love
When nobody trusts

[Chorus]
Pretty please, I know it's a drag (Know it's a drag)
Wipe your eyes and put up your head (Put up your head)
I wish you could be happy instead
There's nothin' else I can do
But love you the best that I can
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
That I can, oh

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[Bridge]
And you're not the only one who's been through it
I've been there alone and now so are you
I just want you to know, want you to know it's not your fault
It's not your fault
Oh, oh
Your fault, your fault
It's not your fault
Your fault, your fault, your fault

[Chorus]
Pretty please, I know it's a drag (Know it's a drag)
Wipe your eyes and put up your head (Put up your head)
I wish you could be happy instead
There's nothin' else I can do
But love you the best that I can
Pretty please, I know it's a drag (Know it's a drag)
Wipe your eyes and put up your head (Put up your head)
I wish you could be happy instead
There's nothin' else I can do
But love you the best that I can
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
That I can, oh

[Outro]
Darlin', you're hiding in the closet once again
Start smilin'

About

“Darlin” is the 11th track from Goodbye Lullaby, and serves as an acoustic ballad that discusses wanting someone to be happy whilst they’re currently in a saddened state.

According to Lavigne in an interview to Billboard
Darlin was “probably the second song I [ever] wrote; I was trying to figure it all out,” “It’s really special to me.”

According to Song Facts: Lavigne was always playing this song for her friends, even before she had a record deal. She told AOL Music she played it to ex-husband and Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley the day she met him, when she was 17 and “Complicated ” was just coming out. Lavigne recalled: “We were in Vancouver with his band, all hanging out, and I played him that song and then like eight years later he produced it. He remembered it and was like, ‘Let’s record this song.’ So we did.”