In my hood There's a boy Making girls breathless Serving tea down on 39th street And today Even though It may seem hopeless I'll go down on my stumbling feet And ask him out - oh yeah And if tonight Turns into this "perfect tonight" Then have a little mercy on my soul And if the moon Just lights up his devilish smile It's gonna take a lot of manners to stop me from this: Steal his precious first-date kiss I'm so ashamed I am weak What a big failure Couldn't speak, couldn't feel my own tongue I'm such a fool What can I say? But today - trust me! I will do a little better this time And ask him out again And if tonight Turns into this "perfect tonight" Then have a little mercy on my soul And if the moon Just lights up his devilish smile It's gonna take a lot of manners to stop me from this: Steal his precious first can-only-give-it-to-someone-special kiss And if tonight Turns into this "perfect tonight" Then have a little mercy on my soul And if the moon Just lights up his devilish smile It's gonna take a lot of manners to stop me from this: Steal his precious first-date kiss In my hood There's a boy Making girls breathless