She Acute;S Leaving Home

<br>(lennon / mccartney)<br><br><br><br>Wednesday morning at five oclock<br><br>As the day begins<br><br>Silently closing her bedroom door<br><br>Leaving the note that she hoped would say no more<br><br>She goes downstairs to the kitchen<br><br>Clutching her handkerchief<br><br>Quietly turning the back door key<br><br>Stepping outside she is free<br><br>She (we gave her most of our lives)<br><br>Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)<br><br>Home (we gave her everything money could buy)<br><br>She&acute;s leaving home after living alone for so many years<br><br>Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown<br><br>Picks up the letter that&acute;s lying there<br><br>Standing alone at the top of the stairs<br><br>She breaks down and cries to her husband<br><br>Daddy our babys gone<br><br>Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly<br><br>How could she do this to me<br><br>She (we never thought of ourselves)<br><br>Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)<br><br>Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)<br><br>She&acute;s leaving home after living alone for so many years<br><br>Friday morning at nine oclock she is far away<br><br>Waiting to keep the appointment she made<br><br>Meeting a man from the motor trade<br><br>She (what did we do that was wrong)<br><br>Is having (we didn&acute;t know it was wrong)<br><br>Fun (fun is the thing money can&acute;t buy)<br><br>Something inside that was always denied for so many years (bye bye)<br><br>She&acute;s leaving home (bye bye)