Waving Goodbye

Even as a child in her lonely room
She was planning her big getaway
It could not come too soon
Oh, but time can stop a heart
And start it up again
Every night was an eternity
She would lay there and pretend

She was waving goodbye, yeah
She was waving goodbye
Oh oh
There was nothing left for her to hang on to

She was naked to the waist
Lying in her bed
When her mother came in through the door
She was kissing her best friend
Oh, they formed a little group
And never had one doubt
Spent a summer on the road
Living hand to mouth

She was waving goodbye, yeah
She was waving goodbye, whoa, oh
And there was nothing left for her to hold on to

Now she lives behind a wall
In Manhattan Beach
Far from her mother's warm embrace
Beyond her daddy’s reach
Oh, but even as a child
In her lonely room
She was planning her big getaway
It could not come too soon

She was waving goodbye, yeah
She was waving goodbye
Whoa, oh
There was nothing left for her to hang on to
She was waving goodbye