she's leaving home

Wednesday morning at 5 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

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 gum
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 9 o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointments 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 that money can't buy)

Something inside
That was always denied
For so many years

She's leaving home
(Bye, bye)