By the time i get the phoenix

she'll laugh when she reads the part that says i'm leavin'
'cause i've left that girl so many times before.
by the time i make albuquerque she'll be working
she'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call
but she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
off the wall that's all.
by the time i make oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
she'll turn softly and call my name out loud
and she'll cry just to think i'd really leave her