50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon


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[Intro]

      
    
      
    

[Verse]
            
The problem is

 
 all inside yo

ur
            
head she said 

     
to me,
            
The answer is 

 
easy if you

take it logica

lly.
           
I'd like to he

lp you
            
in your strugg

          
le to be free.
There must be -
          
fifty ways to 

           
leave your lov

er.
           
You know it's 

really not
            
my habit to in


trude,
            
Furthermore I 

        
hope my meanin

g
            
won't be lost 

            
or miss-constr

ued,
            
But I'll repea


t myself,
            
at the risk of

       
 being crude
There must be -
          
fifty ways to 

           
leave your lov

er
          
Fifty ways to 

           
leave your lov

er

[Chorus]
              
Just slip out 

   
the back jack,
           
make a new pla

n Stan,
              
No 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 set yourse

     
lf free


[Verse]
           
You know it gr

ieves me so
            
to see you in 

     
such pain
              
I wish there w

            
as something I

       
 could do
   
to make you sm

ile again
            
I said "I appr

           
eciate that,
            
and would you 

         
please explain
              
Bout the fifty

       
 ways"
            
She said "why 


don't we both
            
just sleep on 

     
it tonight,
            
And I believe 

             
that in the mo

rning
        
you'll begin t

o see the ligh

t."
            
She kissed me 

      
and I realised

,
            
she probably w

     
as right,
There must be -
          
fifty ways to 

           
leave your lov

er.
Fifty ways to leave your lover

[Chorus]
              
Just slip out 

   
the back jack,
           
make a new pla

n Stan,
              
No 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 set yourse

    
lf free

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