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