By The Time You Got To Phoenix

(Jim Webb)



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 lunch I gave your best friend a call

He told me that he'd loved 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...