[Verse 1]
By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly
And whisper my name out low
She'll cry to think that I would really leave her
'Cause time and time I've tried to tell her so
She just didn't know
I would really go