[Verse 1]
By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
And she'll laugh when she reads the part
That says I'm leaving
'Cause I've left that girl so many-many times before

[Verse 2]
By the time I make Albuquerque
She'll be working
But she'll probably stop at lunch
And give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone
Keep on right on ringing
Off the wall, I'm afraid that's all

[Verse 3]
By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleeping
Shе'll probably turn softly and call my name out low
She'll cry just to think that I'd really lеave her
Though time and time I tried to tell her
I tried to tell her so
She just didn't know I'd really go
Really go
Really-really go

[Outro]
She didn't know I'd go