By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Thelma Houston

You know, sometimes when you’re in love

Two people can grow apart

You find yourself waking up and wondering:

When did all that sweetness go?

When did we stop noticing each other

And smiling, and appreciating each other

At the end of every single day?

And even though your heart is filled with just as much love for them,

as the day you met

You find yourself feeling loneliness, whenever you’re together

Mmm, heh

And you begin to wonder: why am I still holding on?

And maybe, you’ve even asked your lover

Once, twice, three times even:

«Hey baby, what’s wrong?»

And he just looked back at you and said

«Oh, nothing wrong baby, I still love you»

But inside, you know something’s changed

And though you don’t want to admit it

Somewhere deep inside you know, it’s time to move on

It’s time to breathe again, time to get back to yourself

And start your life brand new

And you know it’s gonna hurt a while

But you know, you’ve already been sad far too long

And it’s, it’s time to spread those wings and fly

And then comes the day — a beautiful, sunny morning

When you wake up, and something inside you says:

«This is the day.»

Yeah…

Oh, whoo…

By the time I get to Phoenix he’ll be risin'

He’ll find the note I left hangin' on the door

And he’ll laugh when he reads the part that says I’m leavin'

'Cause I’ve left that man so many times before

And by the time I make Albuquerque he’ll be workin'

He’ll probably stop at lunch, just to give me a call

He’s gonna hear that phone, keep right on ringin', ringin' and ringin'

Off the wall, that’s all

By the time I make Oklahoma he’ll be sleepin'

He’s gonna turn softly, and I know, he’ll call my name out low

And he’s gonna cry, just to think, I’d really really really leave him

Oh, though time and time after time, I’ve tried to tell him so

But he just didn’t know I would really go

But I had to leave you, darlin'

I had to leave it

It hurt my very soul

Bye-bye, baby

I had to leave you, darlin'

It hurt so bad