Nick Cave By the Time I Get To Phoenix lyrics

Oh, by the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising
And she'll find that note, that I left hanging on the door
And she'll laugh when she reads the part that says, "I'm leaving"
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before

And by the time I get to Albuquerque, she'll be working
And she'll take off time just to give me a call
And she'll hear that phone keep right on ringing and ringing
On the wall, yeah oh, that's all


And by the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleeping
She'll turn softly in her sleep and call my name out low
Oh, and then she'll cry just to think that I'd really leave her, I left her
Oh, but time after time, after time I tried to tell her so
But she just didn't know that I would really go, that I would really go