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
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