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 back door 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   Bye, bye