by the time i get to phoenix she ll be rising she ll find the note i left hanging on her door she ll laugh when she reads the part that says i m leaving cause i ve left that girl so many times before by the time i make albuquerque she ll be working she ll prob ly stop at lunch and give me a call but she ll just hear that phone keep on ringing off the wall that s all by the time i make oklahoma she ll be sleeping she ll turn softly call my name out low and she ll cry just to think i d really leave her though time and time i ve tried to tell her so she just didn t know i would really go