Al Jarreau - 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 down stairs to the kitchen
Clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she's free

She
We gave her most of our lives
Sacrificed most of our lives
We gave her everything money could buy
Alone for so many years

Father snores while his wife
Gets into her dressing gown
She picks up the note that is lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
"Daddy, the baby is gone"
How could she leave us so thoughtlessly
Why would she do this to me?

She
We never thought of ourselves
Never one thought for ourselves
We struggled hard these years to get by

Then on Friday morning at Nine clock she's far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Gonna meet a man from the motor trade

She
We didn't know we were wrong
What did we do that was wrong?
Fun was the one thing that money could not buy
Can't buy
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
Don't you know she's leaving home after living alone
For so many years
Bye, bye
Bye, bye

She's leaving home living along too long
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye

She's leaving home after living along too long
Honey, packing up her things
Girl said, goodbye
She's leaving home living along too many years
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
Bye, bye