Leaving on a Jet Plane

(John Denver)



Oh, my bags are packed I'm ready to go

I'm standing here outside your door

I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

But the dawn is breakin' and it's early morn

The taxi's waitin' he's blowing his horn

Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.



So kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you'll wait for me

Hold me like you'll never let me go

I'm leaving on a jet plane

I don't know when I'll be back again

Oh babe, I hate to go.



There's so many times I've let me down

So many times I've played around

I tell you now that they don't mean a thing

'Cause every place I go I'll think of you

Every song I'll sing I sing for you

When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring.



So kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you'll wait for me

Hold me like you'll never let me go

I'm leaving on a jet plane

I don't know when I'll be back again

Oh babe, I hate to go.



Now the time has come to leave you

One more time let me kiss you

Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way

Dream about the days to come

When I won't have to leave alone

About the time I won't have to say.



Kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you'll wait for me

Hold me like you'll never let me go

I'm leaving on a jet plane

I don't know when I'll be back again

Oh babe, I hate to go...