"The problem is all inside your head",   she said to me    The answer is easy    if you take it logically    I'd like to help you    in your struggle to be free       There must be fifty ways to leave your lover   She said "it's really not my habit to intrude"   Furthermore I hope my meaning   won't be lost or misconstrued       So I repeat myself, at the risk of being crude    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover,    fifty ways to leave your lover    Just slip out the back, Jack,    make a new plan, Stan       Don't need to be coy, Roy,    just listen to me Hop on the bus, Gus,   don't need to discuss much    Just drop off the key, Lee,    and get yourself free       She said "it grieves me so to see you in such pain"    I wish there was something    I could do to make you smile again I said,   I appreciate that, but would you    please explain about the fifty ways       She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight"    And I believe, in the morning    you'll begin to see the light   And then she kissed me    and I realized she probably was right       There must be fifty ways to leave your lover,    fifty ways to leave your lover    Just slip out the back, Jack,    make a new plan, Stan       Don't need to be coy, Roy,    just listen to me Hop on the bus, Gus,    don't need to discuss much    Just drop off the key, Lee,    and get yourself free