Verse 1
Cm Fm
Momma please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound
Eb D G
Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down
Cm Fm
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
Eb D G
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you said
Cm Fm
You fight about money, bout me and my brother
Eb D G
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
Cm
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Fm
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
Eb D G
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family
Cm Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
Eb D G
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Cm Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
Eb D G
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave
Cm Fm
Daddy please stop yellin, I can't stand the sound
Eb D G
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
Cm Fm
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true
Eb D G
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too
Cm Fm
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Eb D G
Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way
Cm
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Fm
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
Eb D G
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family
Cm Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
Eb D G
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Cm Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
Eb D G
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave
Cm Fm
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
Eb D G
Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally
Cm
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I don't wanna have to split the holidays
Fm
I don't want two addresses
Eb
I don't want a step-brother anyways
D Eb
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name
Cm Fm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Eb D G
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
Cm Fm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Eb D G
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally
Cm Fm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Eb D G
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do
anything)
Cm Fm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Eb D G
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so naturally
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Cm Fm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Eb D G
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Cm
Daddy don't leave
Fm
Daddy don't leave
Eb
Daddy don't leave
D G
Turn around please
Cm Fm Eb D
Remember that the night you left you took my
G
shining star?
Cm
Daddy don't leave
Fm
Daddy don't leave
Eb
Daddy don't leave
D G
Don't leave us here alone
Cm
Mom will be nicer
Fm Eb
I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother
D G
Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner
Cm Fm
I'll be so much better, I'll do everything right
Eb
I'll be your little girl forever
D G
I'll go to sleep at night