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 habbit to intrude
   For the more I hope my meaning won't be lost on this construe
   SoI repeat myself, at the risk of being cruel
   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
   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, then 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
  
   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