Song lyrics downloaded from: https://www.albumsongandlyrics.com ------------------------------------------ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - By The Time I Get To Phoenix ------------------------------------------ By the time I get to Phoenix, She'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh, when she reads the part that says I'm leaving 'Cos I've left that girl, so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque She'll be working She'll probably stop for lunch, and give me a call But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing Off the wall, that's all By the time I make Oklahoma She'll be sleeping She'll turn softly and call my name out low She'll cry, just to think, I'd really leave her Though time and time I tried to tell her so She just did'nt know, I would really go