FAMILY PORTRAIT BY PINK

Listen and complete with words from the box :

shelter Work
crying promise pretend
out

tearing

growing hurts
up

nasty

Momma please stop (1)

., I cant stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its(2) .. me down
I hear glasses (3)
.as I sit up in my bed

I told dad you didnt mean those().. things you

said
You (4)
about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my
It aint easy (5).. in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, youll see I dont want love to destroy me like it has done

my family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything

Can we (6). it ..? Can we be a family?

I (7) Ill be better, Daddy please dont
leave

breaking

Daddy please stop yelling

, I cant stand the sound

Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around

My mama she loves you, no matter what she says
its true
I know that she (8).. you, but remember I love
you, too
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Dont wanna go back to that place, but dont have
no choice, no way
It aint easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen
I dont want love to destroy me like it did my
family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont
leave
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
Lets play (9), let's act like it comes
naturally
I dont wanna have to split the holidays
I dont want two addresses
I dont want a step-brother anyways
And I dont want my mom to have to change her
last name
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do
anything)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
naturally
(I promise Ill be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that

(I promise Ill be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Daddy dont leave
Daddy dont leave
Daddy dont leave
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
shining star?
Daddy dont leave
Daddy dont leave
Daddy dont leave
Don't leave us here alone
Mom will be nicer
Ill be so much better, Ill tell my brother
Oh, I wont spill the milk at dinner
Ill be so much better, Ill do everything right
Ill be your little girl forever
Ill go to sleep at night

FAMILY PORTRAIT BY PINK

Mom

Mama Momma

Mommy Dad Daddy

2) Listen to the song.

3) Listen again and fill in the missing words
__________ please stop cryin, I cant stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
I told ___________ you didnt mean those nasty things you said
You fight about ________, about ________ and my ___________
And this I come _____________ to, this is my shelter
It aint easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, youll see
I dont want love to destroy me like it has done
my _____________
Can we work it out? Can we be a _____________?
I promise Ill be better, ____________ Ill do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a ____________?
I promise Ill be better, ____________ please dont leave
____________ please stop yellin, I cant stand the sound
Make _________ stop cryin, cuz I need you around
My __________ she loves you, no matter what she says
its true
I know that she hurts you, but remember ______________, too
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Dont wanna go back to that place, but dont have
no choice, no way
It aint easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen
I dont want love to destroy me like it did my
_____________________
Can we work it out? Can we be a _____________?
I promise Ill be better, ___________ Ill do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a __________?
I promise Ill be better, _________ please dont leave
In our ______________, we look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally
I dont wanna have to split the holidays
I dont want two addresses

I dont want a ______________ anyways

And I dont want my _______ to have to change her last name
In our ______________ we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
In our ____________ we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do
anything)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
naturally
(I promise Ill be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise Ill be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
________ dont leave (x3)
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
shining star?
_________ dont leave (x3)
Don't leave us here alone
_________ will be nicer
Ill be so much better, Ill tell my _________
Oh, I wont spill the milk at dinner
Ill be so much better, Ill do everything right
Ill be your little girl forever
Ill go to sleep at night
4) What kind of a relationship does this family have?
5) How does the singer feel about it?