I get to introduce a great singer
twice in one evening.
Here is John Hartman.
By the
time I get to Phoenix,
she'll be rising
She'll find the note
hangin' on the door
She'll laugh when she reads a
part that says I'm leavin'
I've loved that girl so many
times before
Now by the time I get to Albuquerque
She'll be workin'
She'll stop at lunch
Give me a call
She'll hear that phone
ring -a -ringin'
Off the wall, but that's all
Now by the time I get to Oklahoma
She'll be sleepin'
She'll turn and call my name out loud
She'll cry, think I really, leave her
Time and time I try
to tell her so
She just didn't know,
I was really gone
By the time I get to peace,
she'll be rising
She'll find the note hangin'
on the door
She'll laugh when she reads the
part that says I'm leavin'
I've left that girl so many times before
Now by the time I get
to Albuquerque
She'll be work in',
she'll stop at lunch, give me a call
She'll hear that phone ring, ring, ringin',
yeah, ringin' right off the wall
Man, that's all,
now by the time I get to Oklahoma
she'll be sleepin',
she'll turn and call
my name out loud
She'll cry, think I really,
really leave her
Time and time I tried, tried to tell her so
She just didn't know
I would really go
Eyes really good, she didn't believe
that I would cut out
And now I'm gone
Thank
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.