By the time I get to Phoenix she’ll be risin’
She’ll find the note I left upon her door
And she’ll laugh at the part that say I’m leavin’
Oh, I’ve left that girl so many times before
By the time I make Albuquerque she’ll be workin’
She’ll probably stop for lunch and give me a call
But she’ll just hear that phone go right 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 real low
And she’ll cry just to think I’d really leave her
But time and time I’ve tried to tell her so
She just didn’t know I would really go