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
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 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 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 let me kiss you
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

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

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

...

It's five o'clock this mornin' and the sun is on the rise 
There's frosting on the window pane and sorrow in your eyes 
The stars are fading quietly; the night is nearly gone 
And so you turn away from me and tears begin to come 

CHORUS
And it's goodbye again 
I'm sorry to be leaving you 
Goodbye again 
Cause if you didn't know 
It's goodbye again 
And I wish you could tell me 
Why do we always fight when I have to go 

It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm 
I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms 
I long to kiss the tears away and give you back your smile 
But other voices beckon me and for a little while 

CHORUS 

BRIDGE 

Have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know 
And some who aren't familiar with my name 
It's something that's inside of me; not hard to understand 
It's just anyone who'll listen to me sing 
if your hours are empty now, who am i too blame
You think if I were always here our love would be the same 
As it is the time we have is worth the time alone 
And lying by your side the greatest peace I've ever known 

CHORUS