Don't Get Me Wrong
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde
First release by: The Pretenders - 1986
Covered by multiple other artists



Don't get me wrong
If I'm looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights
Whenever you walk by

Don't get me wrong
If you say hello and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon 
Is playing havoc with the tide
Don't get me wrong

Don't get me wrong 
If I'm acting so distracted
I'm thinking about the fireworks
That go off when you smile

Don't get me wrong
If I split like light refracted
I'm only off to wander 
Across a moonlit mile

Once in a while
Two people meet 
Seemingly for no reason 
They just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder showers everywhere 
Who can explain the thunder and rain 
But there's something in the air

Don't get me wrong
If I come and go like fashion
I might be great tomorrow 
But hopeless yesterday

Don't get me wrong
If I fall in the mode of passion 
It might be unbelievable
But let's not stay so long
It might just be fantastic 
Don't get me wrong