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This song, primarily McCartney’s idea, was based on a true story Paul read in the Daily Mirror on 27th February 1967 about a 17 year old girl, named Melanie Coe, who ran away to be with her older croupier boyfriend.
In a very interesting coincidence, Coe had actually met McCartney three years earli...
[Verse 1: Paul McCartney]
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: Paul McCartney & John Lennon]
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 (Bye-bye)
For so many years
[Verse 2: Paul McCartney]
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: Paul McCartney & John Lennon]
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 (Bye-bye)
For so many years
[Verse 3: Paul McCartney]
Friday morning at nine o'clock, she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade
[Chorus: Paul McCartney & John Lennon]
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 (Bye-bye)
For so many years
[Outro: Paul McCartney & John Lennon]
She's leaving home (Bye-bye)
She’s Leaving Home was written by Lennon-McCartney & Paul McCartney & John Lennon.
She’s Leaving Home was produced by George Martin.
The Beatles released She’s Leaving Home on Fri May 26 1967.
She did know about the song! She found out about it only years later. She returned home to her parents before getting married at 18 and leaving home permanently. She moved to California, and even dated Burt Ward of Batman fame! Her story can be found in this Rolling Stone article.