Mama please stop cryin'

I can't stand the sound

Your pain is painful and it's

Tearing me down



I hear glasses breaking

As I sit up in my bed

I told God 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 ain't easy, growin' up in WW3

Never knowin' what love could be

You'll see, I don't want love to destroy me

Like it has done my family



Can we work it out

Can we be a family

I promise I'll be better

Mommy I'll do anything

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 can't stand the sound

Make mama stop cryin'

'Cause I need you around

My mama she loves you

No matter what she says is true

I know that she hurts you

But remember I love you too!



I ran away today, ran from the noise

Ran away (ran away)

Don't wanna go back to that place

But don't have no choice, no way



It ain't easy, growin' up in WW3

Never knowin' what love could be

But I've seen, I don't want love to destroy me

Like it has done my family



In our family portrait

We look pretty happy

Let's play pretend, let's act like it

Comes naturally

I don't wanna have to split the holidays I don't want two addresses

I don't want a stepbrother anyway

And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name



Mama'll be nicer

I'll be so much better

I'll tell my brother

I won't spill the milk at dinner

I'll be so much better

I'll do everything right

I'll be your little girl forever

I'll go to sleep at night



Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave