Family Portrait

Uh, uh, some deep ****, uh, uh

Momma please stop cryin, I cant 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 didnt 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 aint easy growin up in World War III

Never knowin what love could be, youll see

I dont want love to destroy me like it has done

my family

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont

leave

Daddy please stop yellin, I cant 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

Dont wanna go back to that place, but dont have

no choice, no way

It aint easy growin up in World War III

Never knowin what love could be, well Ive seen

I dont want love to destroy me like it did my

family

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont

leave

In our family portrait, we look pretty happy

Lets play pretend, lets act like it comes

naturally

I dont wanna have to split the holidays

I dont want two addresses

I dont want a step-brother anyways

And I dont want my mom to have to change her

last name

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

We look pretty normal, lets go back to that

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

Lets play pretend, act like it goes naturally

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

We look pretty normal, lets go back to that

(I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do

anything)

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

Lets play pretend act and like it comes so

naturally

(I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont

leave)

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

We look pretty normal, lets go back to that

(I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont

leave)

Daddy dont leave

Daddy dont leave

Daddy dont leave

Turn around please

Remember that the night you left you took my

shining star?

Daddy dont leave

Daddy dont leave

Daddy dont leave

Dont leave us here alone

Mom will be nicer

Ill be so much better, Ill tell my brother

Oh, I wont spill the milk at dinner

Ill be so much better, Ill do everything right

Ill be your little girl forever