D C I want to be the boy that warms your mother's heart G D I'm so scared to take you away C I tried to win her over right from the start G D But something always got in the way C We've been sitting in your backyard for hours G D But she won't even come out and say hi C While my mother baked a little cake for you G F And even dreaded when you said goodbye G What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull? D D4 D D7 What kind of joke should I lay on her now? F G I'm inclined to go finish high school A A4 A A7 Just to make her notice that I'm around ( D C G ) 2x D C Well nothing I come up with seems to work G D It feels like everything I say is a lie C And never have a felt like such a jerk G D I'm afraid to even open my eyes C Because I really don't want her to judge me G D I want to her really know who I am C And then, and only then she will love me G F Well at least that was the plan G If ever a boy needed a holiday D D4 D D7 If ever a girl needed someone to hold F G I just hope I don't act the same way A A4 A A7 By the time that I get that old ( D C G ) 4x D C I never said I was the heir to a fortune G D I never claimed to have any looks C But these kind of things must be important G Because somebody ripped out my page A In your telephone book D I want to warm her heart