Intro: 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 say 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 hear that empty 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 to think that I'd really leave her But time and time again, I've tried to tell her so She just didn't know, that I would really go Final: