Listen to What the Hell by Avril Lavigne

What the Hell

Avril Lavigne

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Avril Lavigne

Vocals

Max Martin

Keyboards

Shellback

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Avril Lavigne

Songwriter

Max Martin

Songwriter

Karl Johan Schuster

Karl Johan Schuster

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Max Martin

Producer

Shellback

Producer

Michael Ilbert

Recording Engineer

Serban Ghenea

Mixing Engineer

John Hanes

Mixing Engineer

Tim Roberts

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You say that I'm messing with your head

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

All 'cause I was making out with your friend

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Love hurts whether it's right or wrong

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I can't stop 'cause I'm having too much fun

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

You're on your knees

Begging please

Stay with me

But honestly

I just need to be a little crazy

[Verse 3]

All my life, I've been good

But now I'm thinking what the hell?

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about

If you love me

If you hate me

You can't save me

Baby, baby

All my life, I've been good

But now, whoa, what the hell?

[Verse 4]

What?

What?

What, what the hell?

[Verse 5]

So what if I go out on a million dates?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You never call or listen to me anyway

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'd rather rage than sit around and wait all day

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Don't get me wrong, I just need some time to play

[Verse 6]

You're on your knees

Begging please

Stay with me

But honestly

I just need to be a little crazy (Crazy)

[Verse 7]

All my life, I've been good

But now I'm thinking what the hell?

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about

If you love me

If you hate me

You can't save me

Baby, baby

All my life, I've been good

But now, whoa, what the hell?

[Verse 8]

La, la, la, la, la, la, la

Whoa, whoa

La, la, la, la, la, la, la

Whoa, whoa

[Verse 9]

You say that I'm messing with your head

Boy, I like messing in your bed

Yeah, I am messing with your head when

I'm messing with you in bed

[Verse 10]

All my life, I've been good

But now I'm thinking what the hell?

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about (I don't really care about)

All my life, I've been good

But now I'm thinking what the hell?

All I want is to mess around

And I don't really care about (If you love me)

If you love me

If you hate me

You can't save me

Baby, baby (If you love me)

All my life, I've been good

But now, whoa, what the hell?

[Verse 11]

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Written by: Avril Lavigne, Max Martin, Shellback