"Leaving on a Jet Plane" Lyrics

(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...