| Family Portrait |
| mama please stop crying. i can't stand the sound. your pain is painful and its tearing me down. i hear glasses breaking as i sit up in my bed, i told god 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. [chrous] it ain't easy, growin up in world war III, never knowing what love could be, you'll see. 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. daddy please yelling, i can't stand the sound. make momma stop crying cause i need you around. my momma, she loves you. 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. don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way. [chrous] in our family portrait, we look pretty happy. let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally. i don't wanna have to split the holidays. i don't want two addresses, i don't want a step brother any way, and i dont 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 porprait we pretty happy, let's play pretend. act like it goes natually.[repeat] mama, i'll be nicer, i'll be so much better. i'll tell my brother, i won't spill my milk at dinner. i'll be so much better, i'll do everything right. i'll be your little girl for ever, i'll go to sleep at night. daddy don't leave, daddy don't leave, daddy dont leave, daddy don't leave, turn around please... i remember that the night you left, you took my shining star.. |