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 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. 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 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. 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!. 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. 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