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