I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart
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| - | + | * Jack White: "I want to Be The Boy is the ultimate sweetheart part of the record. When we went to Toe Rag the first time we recorded [final track] It's True That We Love One Another with [Thee Headcoats singer] Holly Golightly. Afterwards I played Pocket and put everybody in a bad mood. It's Meg's favorite." | |
| - | + | * Jack White: "Yeah, yeah. I like this song a lot. It's good, it's very good; I love the slide guitar on it. It feels really smooth… and creamy. So I think it turned out nice. It's a nice gesture of a song, anyway." | |
| - | + | * Jack White: "I would describe it revolving around this 'sweetheart' notion - on a lot of lyrics on this album. 'I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart', I mean the title kind of says it all. You know, just sort of trying to deny parental approval when you're dating somebody and things like that, just sort of bringing things back to what it's like when you're younger, and actually even cared what someone's parents thought… Would I let my daughter date me? That was another question in my head! Oh no, that doesn't really sound right but you know what I mean - someone like me." | |
| - | + | * Jack White: "That's another case of just having a line, about a guy wanting to warm a mother's heart, and then figuring out a way to tell the story," White says. "It's something every kid goes through. It's like, 'How do I get your parents to like me - because they don't seem to like me much.' Again, it's reacting to questions or ideas that come up, not something you sit down and think, 'Now what can I write a song about today.'" | |
==Facts== | ==Facts== | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 2 September 2006
I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart is a song by The White Stripes. It can be heard on their fourth album, Elephant.
Band Quotes
- Jack White: "I want to Be The Boy is the ultimate sweetheart part of the record. When we went to Toe Rag the first time we recorded [final track] It's True That We Love One Another with [Thee Headcoats singer] Holly Golightly. Afterwards I played Pocket and put everybody in a bad mood. It's Meg's favorite."
- Jack White: "Yeah, yeah. I like this song a lot. It's good, it's very good; I love the slide guitar on it. It feels really smooth… and creamy. So I think it turned out nice. It's a nice gesture of a song, anyway."
- Jack White: "I would describe it revolving around this 'sweetheart' notion - on a lot of lyrics on this album. 'I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart', I mean the title kind of says it all. You know, just sort of trying to deny parental approval when you're dating somebody and things like that, just sort of bringing things back to what it's like when you're younger, and actually even cared what someone's parents thought… Would I let my daughter date me? That was another question in my head! Oh no, that doesn't really sound right but you know what I mean - someone like me."
- Jack White: "That's another case of just having a line, about a guy wanting to warm a mother's heart, and then figuring out a way to tell the story," White says. "It's something every kid goes through. It's like, 'How do I get your parents to like me - because they don't seem to like me much.' Again, it's reacting to questions or ideas that come up, not something you sit down and think, 'Now what can I write a song about today.'"
Facts
Lyrics
I want to be the boy to warm 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 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 cartwheels do I have to pull? What kind of joke should I lay on her now? I'm inclined to go finish high school Just to make her notice that I'm around Well nothing I come up with seems to work It feels like everything I say is a lie And never have a felt like such a jerk I'm afraid to even open my eyes Because I really don't want her to judge me I want to her really know who I am And then, and only then she will love me 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
