Top Songs By Richie Havens
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Richie Havens
Vocals
Weldon Myrick
Steel Guitar
Paul Williams
Guitar
Skip Prokop
Drums
Don MacDonald
Drums
Jeremy Steig
Flute
Colin Walcott
Sitar
Warren Bernhardt
Keyboards
John Ord
Keyboards
Paul Harris
Keyboards
Carter Collins
Congas
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Lennon
Songwriter
Paul McCartney
Songwriter
Richie Havens
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richie Havens
Producer
Mark Roth
Producer
Lyrics
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 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 i
Writer(s): Paul Mccartney, John Lennon
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