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Leaving on a jet plane

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yes I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say well now babe I hate to go
but I want cha'really wanna say that
I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say well now babe I hate to go
but I want cha'really wanna say that
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
the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
the taxi's waiting, he's blowin' his horn
already I'm so lonely
I could die
well dont you really wanna say that
I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say well now babe I hate to go
but I want cha'really wan me say that
I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say well now babe I hate to go
but I want cha'really wanna say that
so many times yes I let you down
so many times that I fooled around
I tell you now
that they don't mean a thing
but I want you really wanna say that
every song I sing
yes I sing for you
every girl me lay
yes I lay for you
when I come home
I'll gonna bring your wedding ring
say won't you really wanna say that
I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say won't you babe I hate to go
but I want you really wanna say that
I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say won't you babe I hate to go
but I want you really wanna say that

and kiss me and smile for me
and tell me that you'll wait for me
and hold me like you'll never let me go
oh don'tcha really want to say that
I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say won't you babe I hate to go
but I want to really want to say that

I am leaving on a jet plane
don't know if I'll be back again
say won't you babe I hate to go
but I want to really want to say that

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djgif On May 13, 2009

yes I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say well now babe I hate to go 
but I want cha'really wanna say that
I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say well now babe I hate to go 
but I want cha'really wanna say that
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 
the dawn is breakin' it's early morn 
the taxi's waiting, he's blowin' his horn 
already I'm so lonely 
I could die 
well dont you really wanna say that
I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say well now babe I hate to go 
but I want cha'really wan me say that 
I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say well now babe I hate to go 
but I want cha'really wanna say that 
so many times yes I let you down 
so many times that I fooled around
I tell you now 
that they don't mean a thing 
but I want you really wanna say that 
every song I sing 
yes I sing for you 
every girl me lay
yes I lay for you 
when I come home 
I'll gonna bring your wedding ring 
say won't you really wanna say that 
I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say won't you babe I hate to go 
but I want you really wanna say that 
I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say won't you babe I hate to go 
but I want you really wanna say that

and kiss me and smile for me 
and tell me that you'll wait for me 
and hold me like you'll never let me go 
oh don'tcha really want to say that 
I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say won't you babe I hate to go 
but I want to really want to say that

I am leaving on a jet plane 
don't know if I'll be back again 
say won't you babe I hate to go 
but I want to really want to say that

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DJgif

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2009-05-13 04:16:56

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by Arobsonskii

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Fantastic song. Easy to interpret. He's saying he's leaving and maybe he won't come back. He's standing at the door of a woman who he has treated like crap. Cheating on her and what not. But he only loves her. He's trying to warn her that he is leaving. But also telling her if he does come back he'll marry her.

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