All my bags are packed and 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
The taxi's waitin he's blowin his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So 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 leavin on a jet plane
Don't know if I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go

Ther's so many times I 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'll sing I'll sing for you
And 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
Cause I'm leavin on a jet plane
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 now let me kiss you
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times that I won't have to say....

Oh 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 leavin on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go

I'm leavin on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go