wedn'sday 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 down    the stairs to the kitchen    clutching her handkerchief   quietly turning the backdoor 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 ev'rything    money could buy; bye bye)   something inside that way always denied   for so many years   she's leaving home; bye bye.      father snores as his wife    gets info 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 is 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 of ourselves)    home    ( we struggled all our lives to get by; bye bye)   something inside that was    always denied for so many years   she's    leaving home; bye , bye.      friday morrning at    nine 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; bye bye)   something inside that was always    denied for so many years   she's leaving home ; bye, bye