Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uh
    Momma please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound
  Your pain is painful and its tearin' 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, bout me and my brother
  And this I come 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 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 yellin, I can't stand the sound
    Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
  My mama she loves you, no matter what she says
  its true
  I know that she hurts 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 growin up in World War III
  Never knowin what love could be, well 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 step-brother 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
    In our family portrait we look pretty happy
  (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
  We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
  (I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do
  anything)
  In our family portrait we look pretty happy
  (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
  Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
  naturally
  (I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
  leave)
  In our family portrait we look pretty happy
  (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
  We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
  (I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
  leave)
    Daddy don't leave
  Daddy don't leave
  Daddy don't leave
  Turn around please
  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 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