By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be risin'
she'll 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
By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be workin'
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
By the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
and she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Though time and time I tried to tell her so,
she just didn't know I would really go