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Track cover Deserve You

Deserve You

Good Charlotte, Luke Borchelt

3:23•pop punk, punk, emo • Album Motel Du Cap • 2025-08-08

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Description

It sounds like the story of a man who sincerely believed that his ticket to life had long been punched and his future written off. But suddenly, that very light appears, pulling him out of the darkness and turning his “lost youth” into a gift of fate. It's funny and touching - instead of philosophical conclusions, only confused questions remain: “What did I do to deserve this?” Maybe God really did make a mistake, but now there's a chance to prove that even a broken person can shine if someone is there to hold their hand.

Guitar, vocals: Benji Madden

Guitar: Billy Martin

Vocals: Good Charlotte

Vocals: Joel Madden

Producer: Jordan Fish

Assistant sound engineer: Julian Gargiulo

Vocals: Luke Borchert

Bass guitar: Paul Thomas

Mastering: Ted Jensen

Additional production: Warren Russell

Mixing: Zakk Cervini

Producer: Zakk Cervini

Screenwriter: Benji Madden

Writer: Joel Madden

Writer: Lil Aaron

Writer: Luke Borchelt

Writer: Jordan Fish

Writer: Zakk Cherveny

Writer: John Robert Hall

© 2025 Good Charlotte Forever LLC, under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2025 Good Charlotte Forever LLC, under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation. ©

Lyrics and translation

Original

Before I met you, I was beaten black and blue

On my own down a path, going no where fast

Then you took my hand, gave my life a second chance

Pulled me off of the ledge, now I can’t look back

There’s a lot that I got wrong, thank God I got one thing right

Cause I

I was born to lose, I was wasted youth

Tell me what did I do to deserve you?

Must have Jesus fooled

I think God’s confused

Tell me what did I do to deserve you?

Now that life is great, and these are happier days

You still see the worry on my face

But it’s nothing you say, and it's nothing you do

I’m just scared of losing you

There’s a lot that I got wrong, thank God I got one thing right

Cause I

I was born to lose, I was wasted youth

Tell me what did I do to deserve you?

Must have Jesus fooled

I think God’s confused

Tell me what did I do to deserve you?

To deserve you

Tell me what did I do to deserve you

I’m not hopeless

I’m not worthless

I’m not losing

I’m not broken

When I’m holding you right here next to me

Because…. I think I’m the proof that a wasted youth

can be fixed with a gift, I can’t earn you….

But as long as you choose me,

I’ll show you what a man who’s bruised can return to…

I was born to lose, I was wasted youth

Tell me what did I do to deserve you?

Must have Jesus fooled

I think God’s confused

Tell me what did I do to deserve you

To deserve you

Tell me what did I do to deserve you

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