leaving on a jet plane

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 waiting

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'm leaving on a jet plane

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 go

i'll think of you

every song i sing

i'll sing for you

when i come back

i'll bring 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

don't know when i'll be back again

oh babe

i hate to go

now the time has come for me to leave you

one more time

let me kiss you

then close your eyes and i'll be on my way

just 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

'cause i'm leaving on a jet plane

don't know when i'll be back again

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

leaving on a jet plane

don't know when i'll be back again

oh babe

i hate to go