So many years
Meeting a man from the motor trade
How could she do this to me?
(What did we do that was wrong?)
Picks up the letter that's lying there
She's leaving home after living alone for
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
(Bye bye)
(Never a thought for ourselves)
(Bye bye)
Home
(Sacrificed most of our lives)
(Bye bye)
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
Stepping outside she is free
(Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Home
She
Quietly turning the back door key
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
So many years
Silently closing her bedroom door
clutching her handkerchief
Is having
(We never thought of ourselves)
Fun
(We didn't know it was wrong)
(We gave her everything money could buy)
Daddy our baby's gone
(We gave her most of our lives)
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Is leaving
Something inside that was always denied for
She's leaving home after living alone for
Is leaving
So many years
She's leaving home
(We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She
