"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'll 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



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, and would you please explain

About the fifty ways?"



She 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 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



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