Song of the Week 1: By The Time I Get To Pheonix

Our final 'song of the week' is dedicated to the note. The note in question is one written by the person singing the song"By The Time I Get To Pheonix". Written by composer Jimmy Webb and made famous by Glen Campbell, it reached #3 on the U.S.Pop charts in 1967.

The song consists of a man describing his decision to leave his female partner, by writing her a note telling her, and his descriptions of what he expects she will be experiencing as he arrives at certain locations.

By The Time I Get To Pheonix:
Glen Campbell / Jimmy Webb

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 try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go.