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 Ooh ooh ooh yeh yeh yeh
 
 Mamma 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 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 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)
 Mammy I'll do anything
 (i 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, (stop)
 I can't stand the sound
 (can't stand the sound)
 Make mama stop cryin,
 Cuz I need you around
 (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
 My mama she loves you,
 (i know)
 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 (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?)
 Can we be a family?
 (can we?)
 I promise I'll be better,
 (i promise)
 Mommy I'll do anything
 (i do anything)
 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
 (stay)
 
 In our family portrait,
 We look pretty happy
 Let's play pretend,
 Let's act like it comes naturaly
 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 naturaly
 
 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, Momma I'll do anything)
 
 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
 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
 (oho oho oho oho)
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