Shes Leaving Home

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Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
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Silently closing her bedroom door
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Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
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She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
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Quietly turning the backdoor key
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Stepping outside she is free

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She (We gave her most of our lives.)
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Is leaving  (Sacrificed most of our lives.)
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Home  (We gave her everything money could                   ^ ^ ^
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She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
buy

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Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
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Picks up the letter that's lying there.
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Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
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She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy our baby's gone!"
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Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
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How could she do this to me?

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She (We never thought of ourselves.)
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Is leaving  (Never a thought for ourselves.)
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Home  (We struggled hard all our lives to get               ^ ^ ^
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She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
by

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Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
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Waiting to keep the appointment she made
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Meeting a man from the motor trade

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She  (What did we do that was wrong?)
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Is having  (We didn't know it was wrong.)
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Fun  (Fun is the one thing that money can't
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Something inside that was always denied for so many years
buy
CODA
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She's leaving home (bye bye)

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