By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Was the last song on your mind the day you left
You woke up in Nogales

With Tequila with her name across your chest

You've stumbled through the morning

In these border tourists' dusty avenues
Singing Everyday's The Hurting Kind
And everyday you live, you're Born to Lose.


(chorus) You missed the last train home
The whistle blew and now she's gone

West Texas dust beneath your nails
You're hammered down the heartbreak trail
And you've missed the last train home

That whistle blew…she's solid gone

Now, you're wandering El Paso

Searching for your broken heart and truth
She was all you ever had
And the only thing you ever had to lose


With a juke box playing Charlie Rich
You're lining up your shots at half past noon

You threw your ring across the bar
And sang along to Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues


(chorus)

Now don't go to Tulsa where she's bound

You'll end up six feet underground
Your ex-friend, Charlie's there abouts
He never missed the last train out


You missed the last train home
That whistle blew…she's solid gone


You missed the last train home
That whistle blew…she's solid gone