I want to be the boy to warm your mothers heart

Im so scared to take you away

I tried to win her over right from the start

But something always got in the way

Weve been sitting in your backyard for hours

But she wont even come out and say hi

While my mother baked a little cake for you

And even dreaded when you said goodbye

What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull?

What kind of joke should I lay on her now?

Im inclined to go finish high school

Just to make her notice that Im around

Well nothing I come up with seems to work

It feels like everything I say is a lie

And never have I felt like such a jerk

Im afraid to even open my eyes

Because I really dont want her to judge me

I want her to really know who I am

And then, and only then will she love me

Well at least that was the plan

If ever a boy needed a holiday

If ever a girl needed someone to hold

I just hope I dont act the same way

By the time that I get that old

I never said I was the heir to a fortune

I never claimed to have any looks

But these kind of things must be important

Because somebody ripped out my page

In your telephone book

I want to warm her heart