BY THE TIME YOU GOT TO PHOENIX (Jim Webb) « © '67 Jonathan Tree Music » By the time you got to Phoenix I was rising I read the note you left hanging on my door Once again I read the words that said you're leaving But you've left me so many times before By the time you made Albuquerque I was working And at lounch I gave your best friend a call He told me that he'd love me for so long now He's been waiting for you to leave that's all By the time you make Oklahoma you'll be lonely You'll remember all the love I gave to you You'll cry and you'll whisper I'm sorry But it's too late cause I'd found a love that's true