LEAVING ON A JET PLANE

Verse
All my bags are packed, I'm read-y to go,
I'm stand-ing here__ out-side your door,
I hate to wake you up to say__ good-bye.
But the dawn is break - in', it's ear - ly morn,
The taxi - i's wait-in', he's blow-in' his horn.__
Al - read- y I'm so lone - some I___ could die.____

Chorus
So kiss me and smile for me,____
Tell me that__ you'll wait for me,____
Hold me like_ you'll nev-er let me go.__
'Cause I'm leav - in' on a jet_ plane,
Don't know when I'll be back_ a-gain.
Oh babe, I  hate__ to__ go.___

Verse
There's so man-y times_ I've let you down;
So man-y times__ I've played a - round,__
I tell you now_____they don't mean___ a_ thing.

Ev-'ry place I go__ I'll think of you,__
Ev-'ry song I sing__ I'll sing for you.__
When I come back I'll bring(wear)  your wed - ding ring.___

Repeat Chorus

Verse 
_____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 a-bout___ the days to come,__
When I won't have__ to leave a - lone,___
A-bout the times___ I won't have__ to__ say.___

Repeat Chorus , then repeat and fade...
Leav - in'   on  a  jet_ plane,
don't know when I'll be back_ a-gain.
 

Circa 1967
Words and Music by John Denver