"Family portrait"
Momma please stop crying,
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 God 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 growing up in World War 3,
Never knowing 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?
Promise I’ll be better
Mommy I’ll do anything
Can we work it out?
Can we be a family?
Promise I’ll be better
Daddy please don’t leave
Daddy please stop yelling,
I can’t stand the sound.
Make Momma stop crying ‘cause I need you around.
My Momma she loves you.
No matter what she says, it’s true.
I know that she hurt you, but remember I love you too.
I ran away today
Ran from the noise, ran away
Don’t wanna go back to that place
But don’t have no choice, no way
It ain’t easy growing up in World War 3,
Never knowing what love could be, what I’ve seen
I don’t want love to destroy me like it did my family.
Can we work it out?
I promise I’ll do anything to keep you home.
I promise, I promise.
In our family portrait we look pretty happy.
Let’s play pretend.
Let’s act like it comes naturally
I don’t want to have to split the holidays
I don’t want 2 addresses
I don’t want a step brother anyway
And I don’t want my mom to have to change her last name.
In our family portrait we look pretty happy.
Let’s play pretend.
Oh let’s go back, oh let’s go back to that
Remember the days
Remember the days.
Let’s go back to that.
Can we be a family?
Promise I’ll be better
Daddy please don’t leave me.
Daddy don’t leave, daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave, turn around please.
I remember that the night you left
You took my shining star.
Daddy don’t leave, daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave, don’t leave me here.
Mom will be nicer
And I’ll be so much better
And 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.
Ta x