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 goodbyeBut the dawn is breakin′, 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 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 (they don't mean a thing)

Every place I go, I think of you

Every song I sing, I sing for you

When I come back, I′ll wear your wedding ring (I'll wear your 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 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 (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 a-leavin′ on a jet plane

I don′t know when I'll be back again

Leavin′ on a jet plane

(Leavin' on a jet plane) I don′t know when I'll be back again

(I don′t know when I'll be back again) leavin' on a jet plane

I don′t know when I′ll be back again

Oh, babe, I hate to go