50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

(album: Nice To Be Around - 1977)

The problem is all inside your head, he 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

He said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning
Won't be lost or misconstrued
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
Not need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
Not need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
Not 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

He said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do
To help you smile again
I said I appreciate that
And would you please explain
About the fifty ways...

He said why don't we both
Just sleep on it tonight
And I believe that in the morning
You'll begin to see the light
And then he kissed me
And I realized he 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
Don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
Not need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
Is not need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free