By the time
I get to Phoenix
He'll be rising
He'll find the note
I left hangin'
On his door
And he'll laugh
When he reads the part
That says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that boy
So many times
Before

By the time
I make Albuquerque
He'll be workin'
He'll probably
Stop at lunch
And give me a call
But he'll just here that phone
Keep on ringin'
Off the wall
That's all
By the time
I make Oklahoma
He'll be sleepin'
He'll turn softly
And call
My name out low
And he'll cry just to think
I'd really leave him
Though time and time
I've tried
To tell him so
He just
Didn't know
I would really go