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 (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
 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 (bye bye)
 Friday morning at nine o'clock she i