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 dad you didn´t mean
those nasty things you said
you fight about money
about me & my brother
and this i come home to
this is my shelter
it ain´t easy, growin´ up in ww3
never knowin´ what love could be
you´ll see, i don´t want love to destroy me
like it has done my family
chorus
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 ran away today, ran from the noise
ran away (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 ww3
never knowin´ what love could be
but i´ve seen, i don´t want love to destroy me
like it has done my family
repeat chorus
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!
repeat chorus
mama i´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
daddy don´t leave... daddy don´t leave
