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By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Thelma Houston
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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 loneliest
Whenever you're together
Mmm, ha ha, 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"
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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, hey hey hey
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By the time I get to Phoenix
He'll be risin'
He'll find that 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, huh
So many times before
And by the time I make Albuquerque
He'll be workin'
And 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
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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
That I'm really, really, really leavin'
Although time and time after time
I tried to tell him so
But he just didn't know
I would really go
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But I had to leave you, darlin'
I had to leave, baby
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It hurt to my very soul
Bye bye, baby
I had to leave you, darlin'
It hurt so bad
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