By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Solomon Burke

By the time I get to Phoenix, she’ll be rising

She will find a note that

I slipped under the door

Yes, she will

And she will laugh as she reads the part

That says I’m leaving her this time for good

For sure

You see I’ve left that girl so many times before

Yes, I did

By the time I make Albuquerque

I know she’ll work in

And she’ll probably stop about at noon

And try to give me a call

I’d tell she’d just find my old telephone

Just ringing, ringing, that’s all

By the time my way bus makes Oklahoma

She’ll be sleeping

She’ll turn over softly and call my name

And she’ll cry alone to think

This time he’s leaving me for sure, for good

For real this time, it’s true

This time again I tell so

Good thing about it

I do hesitate when I walked out the door

Didn’t mean to look back

'Cause I knew this time I’d leave for sure

I gotta keep on moving

Like I never moved before

Gotta find somebody new and true

Never return, no…