The moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising I'll say a little prayer for you She'll find the note I left hanging on her door While combing my hair now And she'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving Cause I've left that girl so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working She'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing Would only mean heartbreak for me, that's all I run for the bus dear, while riding I think of us dear By the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleeping I'll say a little prayer for you She'll turn softly and call my name out low At work I just take time, and she'll cry just a thing And all through my lovely time No time and time I've tried to tell her so She just didn't know I would really go No, she didn't know I'd go No, she didn't know I'd go