Year: 2001 - Album: Missundaztood
Written by Alecia Beth Moore, Scott Spencer Storch
Intro: Cm Fm Eb Dm G
Cm Fm
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Eb Dm G
Look At Me Oh Oh
Cm Fm Eb Dm G
Oooh Ooouhh Ooouuhh Ooouuh Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Cm
Mama please stop cryin'
Fm
I can't stand the sound
Eb
Your pain is painful and it's
Dm G
Tearing me down
Cm
I hear glasses breaking
Fm
As I sit up in my bed
Eb
I told God you didn't mean
Dm G
Those nasty things you said
Cm
You fight about money
Fm
About me and my brother
Eb
And this I come home to
Dm G
This is my shelter
Cm Fm
It ain't easy, growin' up in World War 3
Never knowin' what love could be
Eb
You'll see, I don't want love to destroy me
Dm G
Like it has done my family
Cm
Can we work it out
Fm
Can we be a family
Eb
I promise I'll be better
Dm G
Mommy I'll do anything
Cm
Can we work it out
Fm
Can we be a family
Eb
I promise I'll be better
Dm G
Daddy please don't leave
Cm
Daddy please stop yellin'
Fm
I can't stand the sound
Eb
Make mama stop cryin'
Dm G
'Cause I need you around
Cm
My mama she loves you
Fm
No matter what she says is true
Eb
I know that she hurts you
Dm G
But remember I love you too!
Cm Fm
I ran away today, ran from the noise
Ran away (ran away)
Eb
Don't wanna go back to that place
Dm G
But don't have no choice, no way
Cm Fm
It ain't easy, growin' up in World War 3
Never knowin' what love could be
Eb
You'll see, I don't want love to destroy me
Dm G
Like it has done my family
Cm
Can we work it out
Fm
Can we be a family
Eb
I promise I'll be better
Dm G
Mommy I'll do anything
Cm
Can we work it out
Fm
Can we be a family
Eb
I promise I'll be better
Dm G
Daddy please don't leave
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb
Let's play pretend, let's act like it
Dm G
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 stepbrother anyway
Dm G
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name!
(Children)
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb
We look pretty normal
Dm G
Lets go back to that
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb Dm
Let's play pretend, let's act like it
G
Comes naturally
(Pink )
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb
We look pretty normal
Dm G
Lets go back to that
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb Dm
Let's play pretend, let's act like it
G
Comes naturally
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb
We look pretty normal
Dm G
Lets go back to that
Cm
In our family portrait
Fm
We look pretty happy
Eb
We look pretty normal
Dm G
Lets go back to that (Daddy donīt leave)
Cm Fm Eb
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave
Dm G
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave..
Cm
Turn around please
Fm
Remember that the night you left
Eb Dm G
you took my shining star?
Cm Fm
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave
Eb Dm G
Daddy don't leave. Don't leave us here alone
Cm
Mama'll be nicer
Fm
I'll be so much better
Eb
I'll tell my brother
Dm G
I won't spill the milk at dinner
Cm
I'll be so much better
Fm
I'll do everything right
Eb
I'll be your little girl forever
Dm G
I'll go to sleep at night
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Cm Fm Eb Dm G
Oouuh Oouuh..
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