By the Time I Get to Phoenix Songtext
von Henson Cargill

By the time I get to Phoenix, he′ll be rising.
He'll find the note I left hangin′ on his door.
He'll laugh when he reads the part that says I'm leavin′,
′Cause I've left that man so many times before.


By the time I make Albuquerque, he′ll be workin'.
He′ll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call.
But he′ll just hear 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.
Might even cry, just to think I'd really leave,
Though time an′ time I tried to tell him so.
He just didn't know that I would really go.