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Artist: William Bell
Canonical path: /william-bell/by-the-time-i-get-to-phoenix
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By The Time I Get To Phoenix
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By The Time I Get To Phoenix
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By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
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 so many times before...
By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall, that's all...
By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I tried to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go...
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