Al Jarreau - She's Leaving Home Lyrics

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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

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lyrics submitted by Jon on 08-06-2006
lyrics corrected on 08-06-2006