Artist
Glen Campbell
Lyrics
By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
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
Off the wall, that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleeping
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
And she'll cry, just to think, I'd really leave her
Though time and time I've tried to tell her so
She just didn't know,
I would really go
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
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
Off the wall, that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleeping
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
And she'll cry, just to think, I'd really leave her
Though time and time I've tried to tell her so
She just didn't know,
I would really go
RS500_rank
450
Length
2:46
BPM
87.6
Released Year
2001
Genre Era
Genre
Key
C m
Produced By
Al de Lory
Released Info
Oct. '67 on Capitol
Chart Weeks
11 weeks
Chart Top
No. 26
Musicbrainz ID
1b16c172-96bb-c6cb-6b7b-7c7f066a125c
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Jimmy Webb
Album
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Capitol)
Song Status
Campbell was an L.A. studio musician who played on Phil Spector records and toured with the Beach Boys -- until this 1967 single made him a star, won him a Grammy and earned him his own TV show. It also marked the beginning of his partnership with songwriter Webb. Campbell's take is mournful country, but two years later, Isaac Hayes recorded a nineteen-minute psychedelic-soul version.