Shes Leaving Home Mono by Harry Nilsson Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside, she is free

[Chorus]
We gave her most of our lives (She is leaving)
Sacrificed most of our lives (Home)
We gave her everything money could buy
(Shе's leaving home after living alonе for so many years)

[Verse 2]
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?"
[Chorus]
We never thought of ourselves (She is leaving)
Never a thought for ourselves (Home)
We struggled hard all of our lives to get by
(She's leaving home after living alone for so many years)

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

[Chorus]
What did we do that was wrong? (She is hiding)
We didn't know it was wrong
Fun is the one thing that money cannot buy
(Something inside that was always denied for so many years)

[Outro]
Bye-bye (She is leaving home)
Bye-bye