50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

"The problem is all inside your head",
she said to me
The answer is easy
if you take it logically
I'd like to help you
in your struggle to be free

There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
She said "it's really not my habit to intrude"
Furthermore I hope my meaning
won't be lost or misconstrued

So I repeat myself, at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover,
fifty ways to leave your lover
Just slip out the back, Jack,
make a new plan, Stan

Don't need to be coy, Roy,
just listen to me Hop on the bus, Gus,
don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee,
and get yourself free

She said "it grieves me so to see you in such pain"
I wish there was something
I could do to make you smile again I said,
I appreciate that, but would you
please explain about the fifty ways

She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight"
And I believe, in the morning
you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me
and I realized she probably was right

There must be fifty ways to leave your lover,
fifty ways to leave your lover
Just slip out the back, Jack,
make a new plan, Stan

Don't need to be coy, Roy,
just listen to me Hop on the bus, Gus,
don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee,
and get yourself free