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.