The poem tells a story that includes two different perspectives within one song: that of the parents and of the child.

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.
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 would 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.

~ The Beatles

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