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
We look pretty normal
SO let s go back to that

In our family portrait
we look pretty happy
Let s play pretend act
like it goes naturally

Daddy please don t
leave