ELP: This is a sad tale staring Ken and based on the song Family Portrait, by Pink. I was just listining to it.
Sammy: *sniff* So sad, this story is.
Ken: You're evil, ELP. Oh, you're very evil.
ELP: Yeah, thanks.
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Ken sat up in his bed as he heard his mother crying and his father yelling. He lays back down and lisens to
the crying and yelling, silently wishing it would stop.
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Mama please stop cryin'
I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it's
Tearing me down
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Ken bolts upright in his bed once more as he hears glasses breaking. He starts wishing it would stop now.
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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
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Ken was getting frightened. If it got worse, he didn't now what would happen, knowing his father. He was living in
World War 3 for all he was concerned.
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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
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He silently wishes it would be over. He puts his hands over his ears to cover the sound, but fails. The yelling gets
worse, and he wonders, Why can't we get along and be a family? Why couldn't they work it out? Is it my fault?
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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
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Ken hears his dad yelling, I'm leaving!, and hides under the covers, scared to death. His mom is now crying, why?
He hoped to the world that his dad didn't leave. He needed him.It would hurt to much. He knew they were going to
start fighting now about why his brother died. They always did.
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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
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Ken starts to remember why he ran away today, why he ran from then noise.The anger and the yelling.
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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
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Yep. He was officially in World War 3, because his parents were in the heated stage of the argument.
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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
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The screaming and crying gets worse. Ken looks at the family portrait they had done. They looked so happy.
But they weren't. It was hard to look happy with his family. Because they weren't happy.
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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!
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The argument ends with a shrill cry of, I'm leaving!, Ken gasps as he hears his dad slam the door behind him. And
only then he starts to cry. The pain just won't stop. Neither will his father.
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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 boy forever
I'll go to sleep at night
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And he keeps crying over and over:
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave
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ELP: End. I hope you like. And people think Ken has great parents? Not here.
Sammy: Yeah, reminds me of.......Better not say it, ELP'll get emotional again.
Sammy: *sniff* So sad, this story is.
Ken: You're evil, ELP. Oh, you're very evil.
ELP: Yeah, thanks.
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Ken sat up in his bed as he heard his mother crying and his father yelling. He lays back down and lisens to
the crying and yelling, silently wishing it would stop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mama please stop cryin'
I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it's
Tearing me down
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ken bolts upright in his bed once more as he hears glasses breaking. He starts wishing it would stop now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ken was getting frightened. If it got worse, he didn't now what would happen, knowing his father. He was living in
World War 3 for all he was concerned.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He silently wishes it would be over. He puts his hands over his ears to cover the sound, but fails. The yelling gets
worse, and he wonders, Why can't we get along and be a family? Why couldn't they work it out? Is it my fault?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ken hears his dad yelling, I'm leaving!, and hides under the covers, scared to death. His mom is now crying, why?
He hoped to the world that his dad didn't leave. He needed him.It would hurt to much. He knew they were going to
start fighting now about why his brother died. They always did.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ken starts to remember why he ran away today, why he ran from then noise.The anger and the yelling.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yep. He was officially in World War 3, because his parents were in the heated stage of the argument.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The screaming and crying gets worse. Ken looks at the family portrait they had done. They looked so happy.
But they weren't. It was hard to look happy with his family. Because they weren't happy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The argument ends with a shrill cry of, I'm leaving!, Ken gasps as he hears his dad slam the door behind him. And
only then he starts to cry. The pain just won't stop. Neither will his father.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 boy forever
I'll go to sleep at night
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And he keeps crying over and over:
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave
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ELP: End. I hope you like. And people think Ken has great parents? Not here.
Sammy: Yeah, reminds me of.......Better not say it, ELP'll get emotional again.