Leaving on a Jet Plane

(John Denver)



All 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 breaking it's early morn

Taxi's waitin' he's blowin' 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'll never let you go)

I'm a leavin' 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 you down

So many times I've played around

I tell you now they don't mean a thing

Every place I'll go I'll think of you

Ev'ry song I sing I sing for you

When I come back you'll wear my wedding ring

(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'll never let you go)

I'm a leavin' 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 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'll never let you go)

I'm a leavin' on a jet plane

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

Oh babe, I hate to go...