PINK - FAMILY PORTRAIT
Momma Please Stop Cryin'
I Can't Stand The Sound
Your Pain Is Painful
And It's Tearin' Me Down
I Hear Glasses Breaking
As I Sit In My Bed
I Told God You Didn't Mean
Those Nasty Things You Said
You Fight About Money
'Bout Me And My Brother
And This I Come Home To
This Is My Shelter
It Ain't Easy Growing Up In World War Iii
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?)
Can We Be A Family? (Can We?)
I Promise I'll Be Better (I Promise)
Mommy, I'll Do Anything (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 Yellin' (Stop)
I Can't Stand The Sound
(Can't Stand The Sound)
Make Mama Stop Cryin'
'Cause I Need You Around
(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)
My Mama She Loves You (I Know It)
No Matter What She Says, It's True
I Know That She Hurts You
But Remember I Love You Too
I Ran Away Today
Ran From The Noise (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 World War Iii
Never Knowin' What Love Could Be, I've Seen
I Don't Want Love To Destroy Me
(I Don't Want It To)
Like It Did My Family
Can We Work It Out?
(Can We Work This Out?)
Can We Be A Family? (No)
I Promise I'll Be Better (I Promise)
Mommy, I'll Do Anything
(I'll Do Anything To Keep You There)
Can We Work It Out?
Can We Be A Family?
I Promise I'll Be Better
(I Promise, I Promise)
Daddy, Please Don't Leave
(Stay)
In Our Family Portrait
(In Our Family Portrait)
We Look Pretty Happy
(We Look Pretty Happy)
Let's Play Pretend
(Let's Play, Let's Play)
Let's Act Like It Comes Naturally
(Let's Play Pretend)
I Don't Wanna Have To Split The Holidays
(Oh-Oh)
I Don't Want Two Addresses
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
I Don't Want A Step-Brother Anyways
And I Don't Want My Mom To Have
To Change Her Last Name
In Our Family Portrait (Oh, Oh)
We Look Pretty Happy
(No, No, No, No, No, No)
We Look Pretty Normal
(La, La, La, La, La, La)
Let's Go Back To That
In Our Family Portrait
We Look Pretty Happy
Let's Play Pretend
Act Like It Goes Naturally
Can We Work It Out?
(Family Portrait)
Can We Be A Family?
(Pretty Happy)
I Promise I'll Be Better
(Pretty Normal)
Mommy, I'll Do Anything
(Let's Go Back To That)
Can We Work It Out?
(In Our Family Portrait)
Can We Be A Family?
(Pretty Happy)
I Promise I'll Be Better
(Let's Play Pretend)
Daddy, Please Don't Leave
(Oh Let's Go Back, Oh Let's Go Back To That)
Can We Work It Out?
(In Our Family Portrait) (Remember The Days?)
Can We Be A Family?
(Pretty Happy) (Remember The Days?)
I Promise I'll Be Better
(Pretty Normal)
Mommy, I'll Do Anything
(Let's Go Back To That)
Can We Work It Out?
(In Our Family Portrait)
Can We Be A Family?
(Pretty Happy)
I Promise I'll Be Better
(Pretty Normal) (Pretty, Pretty Happy)
Daddy, Please Don't Leave
(Please, Go Back To That) (Let's Go Back!)
Don't Leave, Don't Leave
Daddy Don't Leave, Daddy Don't Leave
Daddy Don't Leave
Daddy Don't Leave
Daddy Don't Leave
Turn Around Please
Oh My
Remember That The Night You Left?
You Took My Shining Star
Daddy Don't Leave
Daddy Don't Leave
Daddy Don't Leave
Don't Leave Us Here Alone
Mom Will Be Nicer
I'll Be So Much Better
I'll Tell My Brother
Oh, 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
Oh-Oh-Oh
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Huh, Hah, Hah-Ah, Yeah
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Alecia Moore, Scott Storch
Producer(s): Scott Storch
A Very Intimate And Personal Song, Pink Reveals Her Family Dysfunction In This Track. She Explained In Entertainment Weekly: "That Was From A Poem That I Wrote When I Was 9 When My Dad Left. My Mom Cried For Four Days When She Heard It. I've Seen My Dad Cry Three Times And That Was One Of Them; That Was Awful. And Then My Stepmom Cried. She's So Strong - She Was An Army Nurse In Vietnam, And I'd Never Seen Her Cry. That Was A Song I Wrote For Me, And I Didn't Realize How Much It Was Going To Hurt Them."
Even Though Pink's Parents Got Divorced When She Was 9 Years Old And She Wrote The Original Poem At The Time, She Didn't Record The Song Until She Was 21. "I Tend To Hold Onto Things," She Says.
On The Mtv Show Driven, Pink's Mother Said Of The First Time She Heard This Song, "Oh My God, I Didn't Know She Felt This Way."
Pink Recalled To Q Magazine January 2010 That This Song Got Her Into Trouble With Her Mom After She Called Her A Lunatic In It. The Singer Added: "She Went To The National Enquirer. We Laugh About It Now But It Wasn't The Best Way To Address Family Problems."
Sophie Muller, Who Would Go On To Direct Pink's "Trouble," Directed The Video, Which Has The Adult Pink Struggling Through Her Day While Her Child Self Is Singing The Song. Kelsey Lewis, Who Played Little Pink, Also Appeared In The Clip For "Trouble."