By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be risingShe'll find the note I left hangin' on her doorShe'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin''Cause I've left that girl so many times beforeBy the time I make Albuquerque she'll be workingShe'll probably stop at lunch and give me a callBut she'll just hear that phone keep 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 out lowAnd she'll cry just to think I'd really leave herTho' time and time I've tried to tell her soShe just didn't know I would really go