So many years
Picks up the letter that's lying there

Meeting a man from the motor trade
She
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
She's leaving home after living alone for

So many years
(We gave her everything money could buy)
Home
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
(We gave her most of our lives)
(Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Is leaving
(What did we do that was wrong?)
clutching her handkerchief
Is leaving
Fun
(We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
Is having

(Bye bye)
(Never a thought for ourselves)
She
Daddy our baby's gone
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Silently closing her bedroom door

She's leaving home
(Bye bye)
Something inside that was always denied for
She
(Bye bye)
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
How could she do this to me?
(Bye bye)
(Sacrificed most of our lives)

(We never thought of ourselves)

Quietly turning the back door key

Home
So many years
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
(We didn't know it was wrong)

Stepping outside she is free
She's leaving home after living alone for