The Beatles Songs: She's Leaving Home

The "she" in this weepy Sgt. Pepper ballad was a real person, and the story behind her leaving home was much as Paul describes it (with some help from John). Not only did a newspaper article lead to one of the band's loveliest, saddest ballads, but the result helped define the emerging "generation gap." And, as it turns out, Paul himself played a small part in this 17-year-old's story! Read more about "She's Leaving Home" in my latest Beatles fact sheet.