DEBBIE BYRNE - She's Leaving Home (1974) - video Dailymotion

Debbie Byrne - "She's Leaving Home" (1974)

Transcript

00:00WEDNESDAY MORNING

00:27Wednesday morning at five o'clock

00:34As the day begins

00:40Silently closing the bedroom door

00:47Leaving the note that she hoped would say more

00:52She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief

01:06Quietly turning the backdoor key

01:13Stepping outside, she is free

01:20We never thought of ourselves

01:28Never thought for ourselves

01:35We have everything on you

01:40Goodbyes will be forever living alone for so many years

01:54Father smiles as his wife gets into the dressing gown

02:06Picks up the letter that's lying there

02:13Standing alone at the top of the stairs

02:20She breaks down and cries to her husband

02:26Daddy, our baby's gone

02:33Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?

02:41How could she do this to me?

02:47She gave her most of our lives

02:55Sacrificed most of our lives

03:02We struggled hard in our lives to get by

03:09She's leaving home after living alone for so many years

03:19FRIDAY MORNING

03:23Friday morning at nine o'clock

03:28She is far away

03:34Waiting to meet the appointment she made

03:42Meeting a man from the motor train

03:49What did we do that was wrong?

03:56We didn't know it was wrong

04:03Love is the one thing that none has found

04:09The one thing inside that wants always to die

04:22She's leaving home