She's Leaving Home
Wednesday morning at five o'clockAs the day beginsSilently closing her bedroom doorLeaving the note that she hoped would say moreShe goes downstairs to the kitchenClutching her handkerchiefQuietly turning the back door keyStepping outside she is free
She (We gave her most of our lives)Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)Home (We gave her everything money could buy)She's leaving home after living alone (Bye bye)For so many years
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gownPicks up the letter that's lying thereStanding alone at the top of the stairsShe breaks down and cries to her husband"Daddy, our baby's gone!"Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?How could she do this to me?
She (We never thought of ourselves)Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)Home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)She's leaving home after living alone (Bye bye)For so many years
Friday morning at nine o'clockShe is far awayWaiting to keep the appointment she madeMeeting a man from the motor trade
She (What did we do that was wrong?)Is having (We didn't know it was wrong)Fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)Something inside that was always denied (Bye bye)For so many years
She's leaving home(Bye bye…)