I Want To Be The Boy...

Album: Elephant
I want to be the boy that warms your mother's heart
I'm so scared to take you away
I tried to win her over right from the start
But something always got in the way
We've been sitting in your backyard for hours
While my mother baked a little cake for you
But she won't even come out and say hi
And even dreaded when you said goodbye
What kind of joke should
I lay on her now?
What kind of cartwheels do
I have to pull?
Just to make her notice that
I'm around
I'm inclined to go finish high school
Well nothing
I come up with seems to work
It feels like everything
I say is a lie
I'm afraid to even open my eyes
And never have a felt like such a jerk
Because I really don't want her to judge me
And then, and only then she will love me
I want to her really know who
I am 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 don't act the same way
By the time that
I get 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