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 God you didn't mean
    Those nasty things you said
    You fight about money
    About me and my brother
    And this [bad word] home to
    This is my shelter

    It ain't easy, growin' up 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?)
    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 (stop)
    I can't stand the sound (can't stand the sound)
    Make mama stop cryin'
    'Cause I need you around
    My mama she loves you (I know it)
    No matter what she says is [bad word] 
    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 III
    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 work it?)
    Can we be a family?
    I promise I'll be better (I promise)
    Mommy, I'll do anything (Anything to keep you back)
    Can we work it out?
    Can we be a family?
    I promise I'll be better (I promise, I promise)
    Daddy, please don't leave

    In our family portrait (In our family portrait)
    We look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)
    Let's play pretend, let's act like [bad word] naturally
    I don't wanna have to split the holidays (no, no)
    I don't want two addresses (no, no)
    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
    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 (Can we work it out?)
    We look pretty happy (Can we be a family?)
    We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
    Let's go back to that (Mommy, I'll do anything)
    In our family portrait (Can we work it out?)
    We look pretty happy (Can we be a family?)
    Let's play pretend (I promise I'll be better)
    Act like it goes naturally (Daddy, please don't leave)
    Oh let's go back, oh let's go back

    In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
    We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
    We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
    Let's go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
    In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
    We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
    We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
    Let's go back to that (Daddy, please don't leave)

    don't leave...don't leave...Daddy, don't leave...don't leave...Daddy, don't leave...(x5) don't leave...don't leave...turn around, please.

Remember that the night you left you took my shining star?
Daddy, don't leave... (x3)
Don't leave us here alone

Mom will be nicer, I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother, oh, 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.