She’s Leaving Home

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 a handkerchief Quietly turning the backdoor key stepping outside she is free                She  gave her most of our lives Is leaving  most of our lives Home   gave her everything money could buy She is 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  never thought of ourselves Is leaving   a thought for ourselves Home   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   did we do that was wrong Is having   didn’t know it was wrong 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