The coat she wore still lies upon the bed

The book I gave her that she never read

She left without a single word to say

Her father didn't like me anyway.

She always needed more than I could give

She wasn't happy with the way we lived

I didn't feel like asking her to stay

Her father didn't like me anyway.

Daddy never knew just what she'd seen in me

He said I was going nowhere

Maybe if we'd talked, he'd have seen something in me

But Daddy didn't really care.

To tell the truth I didn't have the nerve

I know I only got what I deserved

So now she's taken leave of me today

Her father didn't like me anyway.