Mama please stop cryin`
I can`t stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it`s
Tearing me down

I hear glasses breaking
As I sit up in my bed
I told God you didn`t mean
Those nasty things you said
You fight about money
About me and my brother
And this I come home to
This is my shelter

It ain`t easy, growin` up in World War 3
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 yelling
I can`t stand the sound
Make mama stop cryin`
`Cause I need you around
My mama she loves you
No matter what she says is true
I know that she hurts you
But remember I love you too!

I run away today, run from the noise
Run away (run 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 3
Never knowin` what love could be
But I`ve seen, 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

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 stepbrother anyway
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, let`s act like it
Comes 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, let`s act like it
Comes 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

Daddy don`t leave... daddy don`t leave
You take my shining star

Mama`ll be nicer
I`ll be so much better
I`ll tell my brother
I won`t spill the milk at dinner
I`ll be so much better
I`ll do everything right
I`ll be your little girl forever
I`ll go to sleep at night