Boyfriend Lyrics
I wish he was my boyfriend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
[Verse 1]
There's nothing worse
Than sitting all alone at home
And waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting by the phone
I hope that he's at home waiting by his phone
I wonder if he knows that I want him
[Chorus]
I wish he was my boyfriend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
[Verse 2]
The other girl is not like me
She's prettier and skinnier
She has a college degree
I dropped out when I was seventeen
If I could only get her out of the picture
Then he would know how much I want him
[Verse 3]
One day I'll make him mine
And we'll be together all the time
We'll sit and watch the sunrise
And gaze into each other's eyes
I know that he knows
Know that he knows
I know that he wants to be my boyfriend
Boyfriend
Boyfriend
[Chorus]
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
About
This song was released as the lead single for the band’s debut studio album, Crazy for You.
The opening drum fill is almost identical to that of Bruce Springsteen’s “Badlands”. This was, according to frontwoman Bethany Cosentino, “an accidental homage to Springsteen”. Both songs are album openers, which heightens the importance of the drum fill.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Bethany Cosentino, songwriter and lead vocalist, said in 2020:
“When I was 22 years old I wrote a song about a guy I was quite literally, obsessed with, called “Boyfriend.” This obsession took up a lot of my time and mental energy. In the decade since writing this song, I have had a lot of time to reflect on not only that obsession, but the way in which I have at times, glorified obsessive and toxic romantic relationships in my songwriting. This song in particular started to feel problematic to me around the time I really started working on myself at age 30. I would listen back to my lyrics and think about how much I was neglecting myself and how I made this guy the protagonist of my own life and story.”