FAMILY PORTRAIT(sung by Pink) Imperative/Future/Simple Present/Present Continuous/Present Perfect/Simple Past

Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uh.

Momma please stop crying; I cant stand the sound;

Your pain ..................(be) painful and it ..................(tear) me down.

I ..................(hear) glasses breaking, as I ..................(sit) up in my bed.

I ..................(tell) dad you ..................(not mean) those nasty things you ..................(say).

You ..................(fight) about money, about me and my brother

And this I ..................(come) home to; this is my shelter.

It ..................(not be) easy growing up in World War III,

Never knowing what love could be. You ..................(see),

I .................. (not want) love to destroy me, like it ..................(do) my family

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I ..................(promise) I ..................(be) better, Mommy, I ..................(do) anything

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I ..................(promise) I .(be) better. Daddy please ..................(not leave).

Daddy please ..................(stop) yelling; I cant stand the sound.

..................(make) mama stop crying, 'coz I ..................(need) you around.

My mama, she ..................(love) you, no matter what she ..................(say). It ..................(be) true

I ..................(know) that she ..................(hurt) you, but ..................(remember) I ..................(love) you, too.

I ..................(run) away today, ..................(run) from the noise, run away.

(I) ..................(not want) to go back to that place, but ..................(not have) no choice, no way.

It ..................(be) easy growing up in World War III,

Never knowing what love could be. Well, I ..................(see)

I ..................(not want) love to destroy me, like it did my family.

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I ..................(promise) I ..................(be) better, Mommy, I ..................(do) anything.

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

I ..................(promise) I ..................(be) better; Daddy please ..................(not leave).

In our family portrait; we ..................(look) pretty happy.

..................(let) s play pretend; ..................(let) 's act like it ..................(come) naturally.

I ..................(not want) two addresses. I ..................(not want) a step-brother anyways

And I ..................(not 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 ..................(come) 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) I ..................(be) better, Mommy I ..................(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 like it ..................(come) so naturally.

(I ..................(promise) I.................. (be) better, Daddy please .................. (not 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) I ..................(be) better, Daddy please ..................(not leave) )

Daddy ..................(not leave). (x3)

..................(turn) around please;

..................(remember) that the night you ..................(leave) you ..................(take) my shining star?

Daddy .................. (not leave). (x3)

.................. (not leave) us here alone.

Mom ..................(be) nicer.

I ..................(be) so much better; I ..................(tell) my brother.

Oh, I ..................(not spill) the milk at dinner.

I ..................(be) so much better; I ..................(do) everything right.

I ..................(be) your little girl forever;

I ..................(go) to sleep at night.

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2-What does the singer think will improve the marriage? How does she try to intervene? How does she feel?

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3-What is the current situation within the marriage?

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