Mama please stop crying, i cant 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 dad you didn't mean those nasty things you said, you fight about money, about me and my brother, and this i come home to, this is my shelter, it aint easy growing up in world war three, never knowing what love could be you 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, daddy please don't leave. daddy please stop yelling, i cant stand the sound make momma stop crying cause i need you around. my momma she loves you, no matter what she says its true, i know she hurt you but remember i love you to. i ran away today, ran from the noise ran away, don't wanna go back to that place but i have no choice, can we work it out? Can we be a family? I promise I’ll be better, daddy please don’t leave. In our family portait, we look pretty happy, lets play pretend and act like it comes naturally, I don’t wanna have to split the holidays, I don’t want 2 addresses, I don’t want a step brother anyway and I don’t want my mom to have to change her last name. In our family portrait we look pretty happy, lets play pretend and act like it comes naturally. Can we work it out? Can we be a family? I promise I’ll be better, daddy please don’t leave. . . . . .