Mama please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound <br />Your pain is painful and its tearing me down <br />I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed <br />I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you said <br />You fight about money, about me and my brother <br />And this I come home to, this is my shelter <br />It ain't easy growin' up in World War III <br />Never knowin' what love could be, you'll see <br />I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family <br /><br />REF.: Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br />I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything <br />Can we work it out? Can we be a family? <br />I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave <br /><br />Daddy please stop yelling, I can't stand the sound <br />Make mama stop cryin', 'cause I need you around <br />My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true <br />I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too! <br />I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away <br />Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way <br />It ain't easy growin up in World War III <br />Never knowin' what love could be, but I've seen <br />I don't want love to destroy me like it did my family <br /><br />REF.: Can we work it out .... <br /><br />In our family portrait, we look pretty happy <br />Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally <br />I don't wanna have to split the holidays <br />I don't want two addresses <br />I don't want a stepbrother anyway <br />And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name! <br /><br />In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br />We look pretty normal, let's go back to that <br />In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br />Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally <br /><br />In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br />We look pretty normal, let's go back to that <br />In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br />Let's play pretend act and like it comes so naturally <br />In our family portrait we look pretty happy <br />We look pretty normal, let's go back to that ...
