I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)

I wanna be the boy to warm your mother's heart
I'm so upset to take you away
I tried to win her over right from the start
But something always got in the way
Well, I've been sitting in your backyard for hours
But she won't 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 card will I have to pull?
What kind of jokes should I lay on the table?
I'm inclined to go finish high school
Just to make it on your side of town

Nothing I come up with seems to work
It feels like everything I say is a lie
I never ever felt like such a jerk
I'm afraid to even open my eyes
'Cause I really don't 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 a boy needed all the days
A girl needed someone to hold
I hope I don't act the same way
By the time that I get that old

What kind of card will I have to pull?
What kind of jokes should I lay on the table?
I'm inclined to go finish high school
Just to make it on your side of town

I never said I was the heir to a fortune
I never claimed to have any luck
But these kind of things must be important
'Cause somebody ripped out my page in your telephone book
I want a warmer heart