by the time i get to phoenix she'll be rising

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 working

she'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call

but she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'

off the wall that's all.



by the time i make oklahoma she'll be sleepin'

she'll turn softly and call my name out loud

and she'll cry just to think i'd really leave her

tho' time and time i try to tell her so

she just didn't know i would really go.