By the time I get to phoenix, she will be rising She'll find a note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving 'Cause I 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 keep on hanging, After all, that's all By the time I make oklahoma, she'll be sleeping She'll turn softly and call my name out loud She'll cry just thinking I'm leaving her All the time, time I try to tell her so She just didn't know I would really go