Family Portrait

Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uh <br><br>Momma please stop cryin, I can’t stand the sound <br>Your pain is painful and its tearin` me down <br>I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed <br>I told dad you didn’t mean those nasty things you <br>said <br><br>You fight about money, bout me and my brother <br>And this I come home to, this is my shelter <br>It ain’t easy growin up in World War III <br>Never knowin what love could be, you’ll see <br>I don’t want love to destroy me like it has done <br>my family <br><br>Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br>I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything <br>Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br>I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t <br>leave <br><br>Daddy please stop yellin, I can’t stand the sound <br><br>Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around <br>My mama she loves you, no matter what she says <br>its true <br>I know that she hurts you, but remember I love <br>you, too <br><br>I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away <br>Don’t wanna go back to that place, but don’t have <br>no choice, no way <br>It ain’t easy growin up in World War III <br>Never knowin what love could be, well I`ve seen <br>I don’t want love to destroy me like it did my <br>family <br><br>Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br>I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything <br>Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br>I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t <br>leave <br><br>In our family portrait, we look pretty happy <br>Let’s play pretend, let`s act like it comes <br>naturally <br>I don’t wanna have to split the holidays <br>I don’t want two addresses <br>I don’t want a step-brother anyways <br>And I don’t want my mom to have to change her <br>last name <br><br>In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br>We look pretty normal, let`s go back to that <br>In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br>Let`s play pretend, act like it goes naturally <br><br>In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br>(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) <br>We look pretty normal, let`s go back to that <br>(I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do <br>anything) <br>In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br>(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) <br>Let`s play pretend act and like it comes so <br>naturally <br>(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don`t <br>leave) <br>In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br>(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) <br>We look pretty normal, let`s go back to that <br>(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don`t <br>leave) <br><br>Daddy don’t leave <br>Daddy don’t leave <br>Daddy don’t leave <br>Turn around please <br>Remember that the night you left you took my <br>shining star? <br>Daddy don’t leave <br>Daddy don’t leave <br>Daddy don’t leave <br>Don`t leave us here alone <br><br>Mom will be nicer <br>I’ll be so much better, I’ll tell my brother <br>Oh, I won’t spill the milk at dinner <br>I’ll be so much better, I’ll do everything right <br>I’ll be your little girl forever <br>I’ll go to sleep at night<br><br><br><br>