By the time
I get to phoenix
She'll be risin'
she'll find the note
I left hangin'
on her door
She'll laugh
when she reads
The part
that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left
that girl
So many times before
by the time
I make albuquerque
she'll be workin'
She'll probly
stop at lunch
And give me a call
but she'll just hear
That phone
keep on ringin' off
The well that's all
by the time
I make oklahoma
she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and
call my name out low
And she'll cry
just to think
I'd really leave her
tho' time and time
We've tried
to tell her so
She just didn't know
I would really go~