此首《By the Time I Get to Phoenix》首由Johnny Rivers唱,收在1966的《Changes》中,未受特注。1967,歌手Glen Campbell重新,然在告示牌村曲排行榜只拿下第2名,在同年他得年度「最佳男歌手」及「最佳代 (contemporary) 男歌手」座葛美。
作此曲的Jimmy Webb,感自於和女友Susan Horton的分手,Horton之後嫁了Linda Ronstadt的表弟Bobby,但人一直是朋友。歌曲述的是男人多次要女友,但均未行,一次於下定心走了,女友次是真的之後,恐是心吧!知名男歌手/影星「瘦皮猴」法克辛屈 ( Frank Sinatra )此曲「有史以得最棒的感情歌 (the greatest torch song ever written)」,之後自己也有翻唱。

Jimmy Webb

Bobby & Susan Ronstadt
有些歌迷歌曲中的、路程可是非常的真。某日,在一夜的音後,一位老兄找上了歌的Jimmy Webb,提出明如何不太可能L.A.到Phoenix,又再到Albuquerque ( 阿布奎基 ) 有多,意思是,歌曲中的路程根本是不可能的。Webb也承是他自己希望能做到的,於中的模糊地。不,真的有歌迷照著歌中的路了一遍,的是可以成的,只是很拼就是了。
以下另Tanya Tucker的版本。Tanya在13即以一首翻唱的《Delta Town》入排行榜第6名而成名,14就有了第一首的冠曲《What's Your Mama's Name》。而在她的歌唱生涯中,最精彩的莫於21和年大她一倍42的Glen Campbell在一起。以下影音上者使用了多人在一起的面。看是2016的演唱,鼓手Glen的子Travis Campbell。Glen Campbell已因阿海默症躺了理。2017,Glen Campbell世,享81。
同加映:Tanya Tucker & Tom Jones 《I'm Leavin' It All Up to You》
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By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be risin'
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that say I'm leaving
Cause I've left that girl so many times before
By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be workin'
She'll probably 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 low
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
But time and time I've tried to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go
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