| Cm | F | |
| Momma please stop cryin, | I can't stand the sound |
| E | D | G | |
| Your pain is painful and its | tearin' me | down |
| Cm | F | |
| I hear all the screaming a | s I sit up in my bed |
| Eb | D | G | |
| I told dad you didn't mean those n | asty things you | said |
| CHORUS #1 |
| Cm | F | |
| You fight about money, b | out me and my sister |
| E | D | G | |
| And this I come home to, | this is my s | helter |
| Cm | |
| It ain't easy growin up in World War III |
| F | |
| Never knowin what love could be, you'll see |
| E | D | G | |
| I don't want love to destroy me | like it has done my f | amily |
| Cm | F | |
| Can we work it o | ut? Can we be a fa | mily? |
| E | D | G | |
| I promise I'll be | better, Mommy | I'll do an | ything |
| Cm | F | |
| Can we work it | out? Can we be a fam | ily? |
| E | D | G | |
| I promise I'll be b | etter, Dadd | y please don't | leave |
| VERSE #2 |
| Cm | F | |
| Daddy please stop yellin, | I can't stand the sound |
| E | D | G | |
| Make mama stop cryin, c | uz I need y | ou around |
| Cm | F | |
| My mama she loves you, no | matter what she says its true |
| Eb | D | G | |
| I know that she hurts you, b | ut remember I love | you, too |
| Cm | F | |
| 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 l | ike it has done my fa | mily |
| CHORUS #2 |
| Cm | F | |
| Can we work it o | ut? Can we be a fa | mily? |
| E | D | G | |
| I promise I'll be | better, Mommy | I'll do an | ything |
| Cm | F | |
| Can we work it | out? Can we be a fam | ily? |
| E | D | G | |
| I promise I'll be b | etter, Dadd | y please don't | leave |
| Cm | F | |
| In our family portrait, we | look pretty happy |
| E | D | G | |
| Let's pla | y pretend, let's act | like it comes | naturally |
| Cm | |
| I don't wanna h | ave to split the holidays |
| F | |
| I don't want | two addresses |
| E | |
| I don't want a s | tep-brother anyways |
| D | E | |
| And I don't want | my mom to have to change her | last name |
| Cm | F | |
| In our | family portrait we look | pretty happy |
| E | D | G | |
| We look p | retty normal, le | t's go back to th | at |
| Cm | F | |
| In our famil | y portrait we look p | retty happy |
| E | D | G | |
| Let's play pr | etend, act like | it goes natu | rally |
| Cm | F | |
| In our | family portrait we look p | retty happy |
| (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) |
| E | D | G | |
| We look pr | etty normal, let | 's go back to t | hat |
| (I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do |
| anything) |
| Cm | F | |
| In our | family portrait we look p | retty happy |
| (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) |
| E | D | G | |
| Let's play | pretend act and lik | e it comes s | o naturally |
| (I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't |
| leave) |
| Cm | F | |
| In our fam | ily portrait we look p | retty happy |
| (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) |
| E | D | G | |
| We look prett | y normal, let' | s go back to t | hat |
| (I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't |
| leave) |
| Cm | |
| Daddy don't leave |
| F | |
| Daddy don't leave |
| E | |
| Daddy don't leave |
| D | G | |
| Turn around | please |
| Cm | F | E | D | |
| Remember that the night | you left y | ou took m | y |
| G | |
| shining | star? |
| Cm | |
| Daddy don't leave |
| F | |
| Daddy don't leave |
| E | |
| Daddy don't leave |
| D | G | |
| Don't leave us h | ere alone |
| Cm | |
| Mom will be nicer |
| F | E | |
| I'll be | so much better, I'l | l tell my brother |
| D | G | |
| Oh, I won't | spill the milk at | dinner |
| Cm | F | |
| I | 'll be so much better, I | 'll do everything right |
| E | |
| I'll be your l | ittle girl forever |
| D | G | |
| I'll go to sleep a | t night |