Family Portrait

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

Her tears keep rolling down her cheeks. I hate the sound of her crying. Glass shatters as it hits the wall. I know you don't mean the things you say.

You fight about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
It aint 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

Why do you fight. I come home to this everyday. I'm growing up in world war three, I don't know what it feels like to be loved, will it destroy me like you?

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

Will you ever work it out? Will we ever be a family? I'll be better Mommy, I'll do what ever you want me to. Will you ever work it out? Daddy. Daddy, don't leave me.

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

Please. Please stop yelling. I hate it when you yell. Oh please stop crying Mommy, I need you. Mommy loves you, no matter what she says. I know it hurts, but 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 aint 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

Today I ran away from all the shouting. I don't want to go back, but I have a choice, do I? this is my personal war. Will I ever know what love is? Will it destroy me, like it did you?

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

Will you ever work it out? Will we ever be a family? I'll be better Mommy, I'll do what ever you want me to. Will you ever work it out? Daddy. Daddy, don't leave me.

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

We looked so happy in the portrait. Can we pretend to be happy? I don't want to have separate holidays and two addresses..

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

I don't want a step-brother and I don't Mommy to change her last name

In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do
anything)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
naturally
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)

. We looked so happy in our portrait, so normal. Can we go back to that? Oh we looked so happy in the portrait. Can we pretend?

Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
shining star?
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Don't leave us here alone

Please Daddy, don't leave us. Don't, don't leave us. Just turn around. You took my shining star the day you left. Please Daddy, don't leave us. Don't, don't leave us, alone.

Mom will be nicer
I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother
Oh, 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

Mom will be kinder and I'll be better. I promise I won't do anything bad. I'll be your little girl forever. I'll go to sleep, now.