By the Time I Get to Phoenix Lyrics

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be risin'
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl oh too many time before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be workin'
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch, she'll try to give me a call
She'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall, that is all

By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and she will, she'll call my name out low
Oh, and she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
'Though time and time again, you know, I've tried to tell her so
She just didn't know
I would really go
I tried to tell her so

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“By the Time I Get to Phoenix” is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was covered by American country music singer Glen Campbell on his album of the same name. Released on Capitol Records in 1967, Campbell’s version topped RPM’s Canada Country Tracks, reached number two on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, and won two awards at the 10th Annual Grammys. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) named it the third most performed song from 1940 to 1990. The song was ranked number 20 on BMI’s Top 100 Songs of the Century. Frank Sinatra called it “the greatest torch song ever written.”