(jim webb) By the time I get to phoenix heв'll be risinв' Heв'll find the note I left hanginв' on his door And heв'll laugh when he reads the part that says Iв'm leavinв' в'cause Iв've left that man so many times before By the time I make albuquerque heв'll be workinв' Heв'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call But heв'll just hear that phone keep on ringinв' Off the wallthatв's all By the time I make oklahoma heв'll be sleepinв' Heв'll turn softly and call my name out low And heв'll cry just to think Iв'd really leave him Though time and time Iв've tried to tell him so Ohhe just didnв't know I would really go I would really go