She's Leaving Home
“Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock as the day begins”
McCartney's runaway-daughter narrative for Sgt. Pepper, inspired by a Daily Mail story about Melanie Coe. Scored by Mike Leander for a string nonet – four violins, two violas, two cellos and harp – with no Beatles playing instruments, only vocals.
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This song is the only Beatles song with a II to I section transition.
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedMarch 17 – March 20, 1967
ReleasedMay 26, 1967
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beginsclutchingdownstairsfatherfridaygoesinsidekeyleavingliveslivinglyingmeetingnoteo'clockourselvesoutsidepickssomethingstandingthoughtturningwifeyearsas thedid wedidn't knowdo thatgave herget byhis wifehow couldit wasknow itlying theremany yearsone thingshe doshe goesshe madethat moneythat shethe daythe kitchenthe onethe topthought ofto getto herto keepup thewaiting towe dowednesday morningwhat didat the tophow could shemoney can't buypicks up thethe top of thewe gave her everything
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[ADV] we[NOUN] can't[NOUN] she[VERB] would[WORD] ascould [VERB]her [VERB]that's [VERB]was [WORD][ADV] [VERB] her[ADV] [VERB] the[NOUN] [VERB] as[NOUN] [VERB] her[NOUN] can't [VERB][NOUN] she [VERB][NOUN] that's [VERB][VERB] [WORD] she[VERB] [WORD] to[VERB] her [WORD][VERB] that she[VERB] up the[VERB] would [VERB][WORD] [NOUN] at[WORD] [WORD] is[WORD] our [NOUN][WORD] to thea [NOUN] fromas the [NOUN]at the [WORD]her [NOUN] [NOUN]her [NOUN] [WORD]her [VERB] [WORD]his [NOUN] [VERB]is [VERB] [VERB]is [VERB] [WORD]of the [WORD]she [VERB] [WORD]she is [ADJ]that she [VERB]the [NOUN] sheto [VERB] theto the [NOUN]up the [NOUN]we [VERB] [ADV]we [WORD] [VERB]would [VERB] [WORD][NOUN] [VERB] her [WORD][VERB] that she [VERB][VERB] the [NOUN] she[VERB] the [NOUN] that[VERB] the [WORD] [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB] the[VERB] up the [NOUN][WORD] [NOUN] at [WORD][WORD] a [NOUN] forfrom the [NOUN] [VERB]is [VERB] [VERB] [WORD]she [VERB] [WORD] toshe's [VERB] [ADV] [WORD]the [NOUN] she [VERB]the [NOUN] that's [VERB]to [VERB] the [NOUN]to the [NOUN] [VERB]we [VERB] her [NOUN][VERB] to [VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] the [NOUN] that she [VERB]
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[ADJ] at[NOUN] a[NOUN] at[NOUN] from[NOUN] that[NOUN] that's[VERB] as[VERB] by[VERB] down[VERB] for[VERB] her[VERB] into[VERB] it[VERB] of[VERB] that[VERB] the[VERB] to[VERB] up[VERB] us[WORD] a[WORD] is[WORD] of[WORD] she[WORD] that[WORD] toa [NOUN]and [VERB]at [WORD]can't [VERB]didn't [VERB]her [NOUN]her [WORD]his [NOUN]is [ADJ]is [ADV]is [VERB]one [NOUN]our [NOUN]our [WORD]she [VERB]she's [VERB]so [ADV]so [WORD]that [NOUN]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]was [NOUN]we [VERB]we [WORD]would [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] into[NOUN] a [NOUN][NOUN] that [NOUN][VERB] [ADJ] at[VERB] [WORD] a[VERB] [WORD] of[VERB] her [NOUN][VERB] the [NOUN][VERB] the [WORD][VERB] to [VERB][WORD] [VERB] of[WORD] a [NOUN][WORD] of thea [NOUN] forand [VERB] todown and [VERB]from the [NOUN]so [WORD] [NOUN]the [NOUN] [VERB]the [NOUN] thatthe [WORD] [NOUN]the [WORD] of[VERB] [WORD] a [NOUN][VERB] down and [VERB]our [NOUN] to [VERB]the [WORD] of the
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appointmentbackdoorbedroomclosingcriesdaddydenieddressinggownhandkerchiefhopedhusbandmostmotorquietlysacrificedsilentlysnoresstairsstruggledthoughtlesslytrade
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