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Don’t Want You Back

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May. 18, 19991 viewer11K views

Don’t Want You Back Lyrics

[Intro: AJ]
(Do-don't want you back)
Hey-yeah, oh-yeah

[Verse 1: AJ & Nick]
You hit me faster than a shark attack
You saw my picture on the Backstreet's Back, alright
And you were more than just a pretty face
But how you fooled me, I'm still amazed babe
But I should've known that I would be
Another victim of your sexuality

But now we're done and over with
(Do-don't want you back)

[Chorus: All]
Don't want you back
'Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty, but you gotta go
I-I don't want you back

[Verse 2: AJ]
You started going out with so-called friends
But I was blinded so I lost all common sense
But there were things that made me realize
(Realize, hey-yeah!)
Like all the hundred-, no, a thousand lies
[Chorus: All, Brian & AJ]
Don't want you back
'Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty, but you gotta go (yeah-hey!)
I-I don't want you back (back, no!)
I-I don't want you back (that's right)

[Bridge: Brian, Nick & All]
Baby, don't bother telling me your reasons why
Just let us sing this story 'bout you and I
Don't you back, that's all I know
(Don't want you back, don't want you back)
All I can say, don't want you back
You know you gotta go
(oh-oh-oh!)

[Chorus: All, Nick & AJ]
Don't want you back
'Cause you're no good for me, I know
(Don't want you back)
That's all I can say (don't want you back)
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty, but you gotta go
(Oh, gotta go, oh-oh-oh)
I-I don't want you back
[Outro: All, Brian & Nick]
Don't want you back, that's all I know
Back (oh-no), back
That's all I can say
Don't want you back (back, no!)
Don't want you back
You know you gotta go
I-I don't want you back

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What did Backstreet Boys say about "Don't Want You Back"?
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Almost all the Backstreet Boys Wanted this to be their next single, but Nick Carter had a different idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYtWXP2qxNw&t=7m11s

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Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Release Date
May 18, 1999
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