Momma please stop cryin,
(I can't stand the sound )
Your pain is painful
and its tearin' me down
I hear glasses breakin
(as I sit up in my bed )
I told dad you didn't mean those
(nasty things you said )
You fight about money,
bout me and my brother
And this I come home to,
(this is my shelter )
It ain't easy growin up in
(World War III)
Never knowin what
(love could be, you'll see)
I don't want love to
destroy me like it has done
my family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better,
Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better,
Daddy please don't
leave
Daddy please stop yellin,
(I can't stand the sound)
Make mama stop cryin,
cuz I need you around
My mama she loves you,
no matter what she says
its true
I know that she hurts you, but remember
(I love you, too)
I ran away today, ran
from the noise, ran away
(Don't wanna go back to that place, )
but don't have
(no choice, no way )
It ain't easy growin up in
(World War III )
Never knowin what
(love could be, well I've seen )
I don't want love to destroy me like
(it did my family )
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better,
Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better,
Daddy please don't
leave
In our family portrait,
we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend,
let's act like it comes
naturally
I don't wanna have to split the holidays
I don't want two addresses
I don't want a
(step brother anyways )
And I don't want my mom
to have to change her
last name
In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal,
let's go back to that
In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, act
like it goes naturally
In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal,
let's go back to that
In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend act
and like it comes so
naturally
In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal,
let's go back to that
In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal,
let's go back to that
