By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be risin'
She'll find the note I left
Upon her door

And she'll laugh at part
That says I'm leavin'
Oh, I've left that girl
So many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque
She'll be workin'
She'll probably stop for lunch
And give me a call

But she'll just hear that phone
Go right on ringin'
Off the wall
That's all

By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleeping
She'll turn softly and call
My name real low

And she'll cry just to think
I'd really leave her
Cause time and time I've tried
To tell her so
She just didn't know
I would really go