The problem is all inside your head, she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free There must be fifty ways to leave your lover She said it's really not my habbit to intrude For the more I hope my meaning won't be lost on this construe So I repeat myself, at the risk of being cruel There must be fifty ways to leave your lover, fifty ways to leave your lover Fifty ways to leave your lover You just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy, you just get yourself free Or you hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much Ya Just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free Oops slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy, you just listen to me Or you hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much Ya Just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again I said, I appreciate that, then would you please explain about the fifty ways She said, why don't we both just sleep on it tonight And I believe, in the morning you'll begin to see the light And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right There must be fifty ways to leave your lover, fifty ways to leave your lover Fifty ways to leave your lover You just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy, you just get yourself free Or you hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much Ya Just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free Oops slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy, you just listen to me Or you hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much Ya Just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free [Beatbox]