She's leaving home
melody
(written by John Lennon and Paul Mc
Cartney)
German meaning:
Das Lied vom Mädchen, das von zuhause wegläuft, weil es sich in den
Gebrauchtwagenhändler verliebt hat.
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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 back door 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 cries to her husband
Daddy our baby's gone
Why should she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me
She (We never thought of
ourselves)
is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
home (we 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)
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