Leaving On A Jet Plane - John Denver / Peter, Paul & Mary (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Leaving On A Jet Plane (John Denver, 1969; Peter, Paul & Mary, 1969). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-04-15. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"Leaving On A Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver and covered by Peter, Paul & Mary, whose version hit the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969 (Whitburn, 2013). Denver wrote the song while still with the Chad Mitchell Trio in 1966, but the title of the song was originally "Babe, I Hate To Go" (AllMusic.com, 2022; Wikipedia, 2022). During an interview with BBC radio, Denver stated "This is a very personal and very special song for me. It doesn’t conjure up Boeing 707s or 747s for me as much as it does the simple scenes of leaving. Bags packed and standing by the front door, taxi pulling up in the early morning hours, the sound of a door closing behind you, and the thought of leaving someone that you care for very much" (countrythangdaily.com, 2022).

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Lyrics:

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 breakin'
It's early morn
The 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'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll 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 times, 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