Mama please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound br Your pain is painful and its tearing me down br I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed br I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you said br You fight about money, about me and my brother br And this I come home to, this is my shelter br It ain't easy growin' up in World War III br Never knowin' what love could be, you'll see br I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family br br REF.: Can we work it out? Can we be a family? br I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything br Can we work it out? Can we be a family? br I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave br br Daddy please stop yelling, I can't stand the sound br Make mama stop cryin', 'cause I need you around br My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true br I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too! br I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away br Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way br It ain't easy growin up in World War III br Never knowin' what love could be, but I've seen br I don't want love to destroy me like it did my family br br REF.: Can we work it out .... br br In our family portrait, we look pretty happy br Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally br I don't wanna have to split the holidays br I don't want two addresses br I don't want a stepbrother anyway br And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name! br br In our family portrait we look pretty happy br We look pretty normal, let's go back to that br In our family portrait we look pretty happy br Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally br br In our family portrait we look pretty happy br We look pretty normal, let's go back to that br In our family portrait we look pretty happy br Let's play pretend act and like it comes so naturally br In our family portrait we look pretty happy br We look pretty normal, let's go back to that ...