Family Portrait Lyrics

Uh, uh,uh, uh

Mama please stop crying, I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it's tearin' me down
I heard glass is breakin as I sit up in my bed
I told god 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 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 yelling, I can't stand the sound
Make mama stop crying, couse I need you around
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true
I know that she hurt you, but remember I love
You, too

I ran away today, ran from the noise and ran away
Don't wanna go back to that place, but I don't have no choice, no way
It ain't easy growin in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, 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, Mammy 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

(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 like it comes 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, Mommy I'll do
Anything)

In our family portrait we look pretty happy

(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Daddy don't leave, Daddy don't leave

Daddy don't leave, turn arroud please

You Took my shinig star

Daddy don't leave, Daddy don't leave

Don't leave us here alone

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that

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