Aah aah [Incomprehensible]   Aah aah [Incomprehensible]   Ohh ohh ohh ohh   Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah      Mama please stop cryin'   I can't stand the sound   Your pain is painful   And it's 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?)   Can we be a family?   (Can we?)   I promise I'll be better   (I promise)   Mommy, I'll do anything   (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 yelling   (Stop)   I can't stand the sound   (Can't stand the sound)   Make Mama stop cryin'   'Cause I need you around      My mama, she loves you   (I know it)   No matter what she says is 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   That I've seen, I don't want love to destroy me   (I don't want love to destroy me)   Like it did my family      Can we work it out?   (Can we work it?)   Can we be a family?   I promise I'll be better   (I promise I'll do anything)   Mommy, I'll do anything   (To keep you better)      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   (In our family portrait)   We look pretty happy   (We look pretty happy)   Let's play pretend   (Let's play pretend)   Let's act like it comes naturally   (That's right)   (That's right)      I don't wanna have to split the holidays   (No, no)   I don't want two addresses   (No)   I don't want a stepbrother anyways   And I don't want my Mommy   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   (Can we work it out?)   We look pretty happy   (Can we be a family?)   We look pretty normal   (I promise I'll be better)   Let's go back to that   (Mommy I'll do anything)      In our family portrait   (Can we work it out?)   We look pretty happy   (Can we be a family?)   Let's play pretend   (I promise I'll be better)   Act like it goes naturally   (Daddy please don't leave)   Oh let's go back oh lets go back to that      In our family portrait   (Can we work it out?)   We look pretty happy   (Can we be a family?)   We look pretty normal   (I promise I'll be better)   Lets go back to that   (Mommy I'll do anything)      In our family portrait   (Can we work it out?)   We look pretty happy   (Can we be a family?)   We look pretty normal   (I promise I'll be better)   Let's go back to that   (Mommy I'll do anything)      Daddy don't leave   (Don't leave)   Daddy don't leave   (Don't leave)   Daddy don't leave   Daddy don't leave   Daddy 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      Mama'll be nicer   I'll be so much better   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      Ohh ho ohh ho   Ohh ho ohh ho