TOM F5                                                Jim Webb

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By the time ...  I get to Phoenix ...   she?ll be rising ...
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She?ll find the note ... I left there hanging ... on her door ...


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And she?ll laugh ... when she reads the part ... that says I?m leaving ...
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?Cause I?ve left that girl ... so many times ... before ...


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By the time ... I make Albuquerque ... she?ll be working ...
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She?ll probably ... stop at lunch ... and give a call ...
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But she?ll just hear the empty phone ... just keep on ringing ... off the wall ...  that?s all ...


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By the time ... I make Oklahoma ... she?ll be sleeping ... she?ll turn softly ...
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And calls my name ... out low ... and she?ll cry ... just to think ... I really leave her ...
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To time and time .. I?ve try ... to tell her so ...   she just didn?t know  ... I was really go ...