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Fact #53281

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Short story:

British newspaper The Daily Mail runs a story with the headline 'A-level girl dumps car and vanishes'. The girl, 17-year-old Mel anie Coe, had run away from home leaving everything behind. Inspired by reading the story, Paul McCartney of The Beatles will begin writing the song She's Leaving Home.

Full article:

Paul McCartney : We’d seen a story in the newspaper about a young girl who'd left home and not been found. There were a lot of those at the time, and that was enough to give us a story line. So I started to get the lyrics – she slips out and leaves a note and then the parents wake up – It was rather poignant.
(Source : Many Years From Now, biographical book, 1997)

John Lennon : Paul had the basic theme, but all those lines like, ‘We sacrificed most of our lives, we gave her everything money could buy, never a thought for ourselves …’ those were the things Mimi used to say. It was easy to write.
(Source : Hit Parader interview, 1972)

Melanie Coe : I first heard the song when it came out and I didn’t realise it was about me, but I remember thinking it could have been about me. I found the song to be extremely sad. It obviously struck a chord somewhere. It wasn’t until later, when I was in my twenties, that my mother said, ‘You know, that song was about you!' She had seen an interview with Paul on television and he said he’d based the song on this newspaper article. She put two and two together.
(Source : Rolling Stone interview, May 2017)