She`s leaving home (midi)

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1. 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 her handkerchief,

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Quietly turning the backdoor key stepping outside she is free.

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She (We gave her most of our lives)

is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives),

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home (We gave her everything money could buy)

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She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

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2. Father snores as his wife gets into the 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)

is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)

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home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by).

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She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

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3. 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 a motor trade.

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She (What did we do that was wrong)

is having (We didn't know it was wrong)

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fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy),

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something inside that was always denied for so many years,

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she's leaving home, bye, bye.

(The Beatles)