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 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 everything money could buy
She's leaving home after living alone

For so many years

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

Friday morning at nine o'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
Something inside that was always denied

For so many years

She's leaving home

She's leaving home

She's leaving home
Bye bye