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 oh too many time before by the time i make albuquerque she ll be workin she ll prob ly stop at lunch she ll try to give me a call she ll just hear that phone keep on ringin off the wall that is all by the time i make oklahoma she ll be sleepin she ll turn softly and she will she ll call my name out low oh and she ll cry just to think i d really leave her though time and time again you know i ve tried to tell her so she just didn t know i would really go i tried to tell her so