By the time I get to Phoenix She'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh, when she reads the part that says I'm leaving Cause I've left that girl, so many times before
By the time I make Albuquerque She'll be working She'll probably stop at lunch, And give me a call But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing Off the wall, that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma She'll be sleeping She'll turn softly and call my name out low And she'll cry, just to think, I'd really leave her Though time and time I've tried to tell her so She just didn't know, I would really go
By the time I get to Phoenix She'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh, when she reads the part that says I'm leaving Cause I've left that girl, so many times before
By the time I make Albuquerque She'll be working She'll probably stop at lunch, And give me a call But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing Off the wall, that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma She'll be sleeping She'll turn softly and call my name out low And she'll cry, just to think, I'd really leave her Though time and time I've tried to tell her so She just didn't know, I would really go
