She's Leaving Home Lyrics

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 backdoor key
Stepping outside, she is free

We gave her most of our lives
Sacrificed most of our lives
We gave her everything money could buy
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years (bye, bye)

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

We never thought of ourselves
Never a thought for ourselves
We struggled hard all our lives to get by
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years (bye bye)

Friday morning at nine o'clock
She is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from a motor trade

What did we do that was wrong
We didn't know it was wrong
Fun is the one thing that
Money can't buy

Something inside that was
Always denied for so many years
(Bye bye)

She's leaving home, bye bye