Cos' I'm leaving...

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, its early morn,
The taxi's waiting 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 leaving on a jet plane,
I dont 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 been around,
But I don't know, 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.

Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane,
I dont know when I'll be back again.
Oh babe I hate to go.

Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time oh let me kiss you...
Now close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come,
When I wont have to leave alone,
About the times that I wont have to say...

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

Words and music by john denver