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

But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude

There must be fifty ways to leave your lover"

Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack

Make a new plan, Stan

You don't need to be coy, Roy

(Just get yourself free)

Hop on the bus, Gus

You don't need to discuss much

Just drop off the key, Lee

And get yourself free

Ooh, just slip out the back, Jack

Make a new plan, Stan

You don't need to be coy, Roy

(You just listen to me) just get yourself free

Hop on the bus, Gus

You 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"

And I said, "I appreciate that

And 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

You just slip out the back, Jack

Make a new plan, Stan

You don't need to be coy, Roy

Just get yourself free

Oh, you hop on the bus, Gus

You don't need to discuss much

Just drop off the key, Lee

And set yourself free

Ooh, just slip out the back, Jack

Make a new plan, Stan

You don't need to be coy, Roy

(You just listen to me) just get yourself free

Hop on the bus, Gus