Family Portrait lyrics

Mama please stop cryin´
I can´t stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it´s
tearing 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
You fight about money
About me and 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

Can we work it out (can we...)
Can we be a family (can we...)
I promise I´ll be better (I promise...)
Mommy I´ll do anything (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 it's 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 did 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

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 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)

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