Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
So much for my happy ending
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
So much for my happy ending
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up so high on such a breakable thread (breakable thread)

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

You were everything, everything that I wanted (that I wanted)
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it (we lost it)
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
So much for my happy ending
Oh, oh, oh, oh

You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say (know what they say)
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they (but so are they)
But they don't know me
Do they even know you? (even know you)
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do (all the shit that you do)

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

You were everything, everything that I wanted (that I wanted)
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it (we lost it)
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

It's nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done

He was everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

You were everything, everything that I wanted (that I wanted)
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
So much for my happy ending
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
So much for my happy ending
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh


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My Happy Ending Lyrics as written by Avril Lavigne Butch Walker

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  • +2
    General Comment

    Good message to all the girls out there that dwell on a relationship that wasn't as perfect as they made it to be in their minds...but also sayin hey oh well i'm moving on!

    blondie05on January 01, 2005   Link
  • +2
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    Her song is a motivation for me, because her lyrics make me excited in every thing that struck me hard

    jayyidanon February 08, 2014   Link
  • +1
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    lovin this song - i can really relate to it.. it gets you finkin...

    M.l.U.o.S.v.I.e.Con October 17, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    ''You've got your dumb friends, I know what they say, They tell you I'm difficult, Well so are they''

    aint that the truth .. hahha , avril gets points for that , msot of her songs are very carefree and poppy . this one is but that was good right there ...

    NlCOLEon April 30, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    yep. great.

    wakefieldon May 16, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I know most of the lyrics to this song already, and the single hasn't even been released yet. I love everything about it...the lyrics, the sound, EVERYTHING!

    CRYN_OUTon May 25, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    yeah i agree cryin out. just dont make fun of my spelling. i love averal laveen!

    crashnburn5436on May 30, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i think this is one of the best on the new album

    brightestfireflyon June 10, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    this is such a great song, I second the idea that its the best on her new album, and how much I would like to have a happy ending with her.

    PricksLyricson June 13, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    This song reminds me of me n my ex, we loved eachother very much put her mum hated me, oh how i love her. we're still friends tho. what i sed is so soppy:s

    johnny-eon July 04, 2004   Link

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