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