All my bags are packed

I'm ready to go

I'm standin' here

outside your door

I hate to wake you up

to say goodbye

But the dawn is breakin'

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'm 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 go

I think of you

every song I sing

I sing for you

when I come back

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'm 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'm leavin' on a jet plane

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

Leavin' on a jet plane

I don't know

when I'll be back again

oh, babe, I hate to go...