D5 C5 I want to be the boy that warms your mother's heart G5 D5 I'm so scared to take you away C5 I tried to win her over right from the start G5 D5 But something always got in the way C5 We've been sitting in your backyard for hours G5 D5 But she won't even come out and say hi C5 While my mother baked a little cake for you G5 F5 And even dreaded when you said goodbye G5 What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull? D5 D5 D5 D5 What kind of joke should I lay on her now? F5 G5 I'm inclined to go finish high school A5 A5 A5 A5 Just to make her notice that I'm around ( D5 C5 G5 ) 2x D5 C5 Well nothing I come up with seems to work G5 D5 It feels like everything I say is a lie C5 And never have a felt like such a jerk G5 D5 I'm afraid to even open my eyes C5 Because I really don't want her to judge me G5 D5 I want to her really know who I am C5 And then, and only then she will love me G5 F5 Well at least that was the plan G5 If ever a boy needed a holiday D5 D5 D5 D5 If ever a girl needed someone to hold F5 G5 I just hope I don't act the same way A5 A5 A5 A5 By the time that I get that old ( D5 C5 G5 ) 4x D5 C5 I never said I was the heir to a fortune G5 D5 I never claimed to have any looks C5 But these kind of things must be important G5 Because somebody ripped out my page A5 In your telephone book D5 I want to warm her heart
