SHE'S LEAVING HOME
(Lennon-McCartney)
1967


Paul had asked George Martin to score the piece, but he had not been 
available at that time, so Mike Leander stepped in.  The Beatles sing but do 
not play their instruments.  Sheila Bromberg plays the harp, accompanied by 
a nine piece string ensemble.  Paul had taken the inspiration from a story 
in the Daily Mirror newspaper where "...this girl left home and her father 
said, 'We gave her everything, I don't know why she left home.'  But he 
didn't give that much, not what she wanted."



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 down stairs to the kitchen clutching her hankerchief
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 everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
(Bye, bye)



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 cried to husband "Daddy our baby's gone"
"Why would she treat us thoughtlessly, how could she do this to me"



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



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
(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)
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
(Bye, bye)
She's leaving home (bye, bye)