She's Leaving Home

Wednesday morning at five o'clock
As the day begins....
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
Clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the back door key
Stepping 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 for so many years


Father snores as his wife
Gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She 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
for so many years


Friday morning at nine o'clock
She is far away....
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting 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 money can't buy)
Something inside
that was always denied
For so many years...


She's leaving home... bye, bye


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