She's Leaving Home - Al Jarreau

Wedn’sday 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

The stairs 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 ev’rything

Money could buy;

bye bye)

Something inside that way always denied

For so many years

She’s leaving home;

bye bye

Father snores as his wife

Gets info 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 is 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 of ourselves)

Home

(we struggled all our lives to get by; bye bye)

Something inside that was

Always denied for so many years

She’s

Leaving home;

bye, bye

Friday morrning at

Nine clock she is far away

Waiting to keep the appointment 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;

bye bye)

Something inside that was always

Denied for so many years

She’s leaving home;

bye, bye