LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
(John Denver)

Recorded by:
Amor; Eddy Arnold; The Ballroom Band; Bobby Bare; Michael Chapdelaine; 
Ray Conniff; John Denver; Dr. Raju; Carl Doy; Drivin' N' Cryin'; 
Roy Drusky; Percy Faith; Lee Farmer; Ferrante & Teicher; 
Arthur Fiedler; Funeral Dress; Joe Gore; The Hang Ups; Harpers Bizarre; 
Engelbert Humperdinck; Pete Huttlinger; David Isaacs; Justin; 
The Kendalls; André Kostelanetz; Chantal Kreviazuk; James Last; 
Brenda Lee; Mark Lindsay; Trini Lopez; Me First and the Gimme Gimmes;
The Mitchell Trio; R. Stevie Moore; Chris Nole; Oliver; 
101 Strings Orch.; Peter, Paul & Mary; Frank Sinatra; Slighty Stoopid; 
Sloppy Seconds; Brian Smith; Spanky & Our Gang; Starsound Orch.; 
Ray Stevens; Track One; Kenny Vehkavaara; Bobby Vinton; 
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble; Roger Whittaker; Wally Whyton; 
Andy Williams; Justin Young.


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, 
It's early morn
The taxi's waiting, 
He's blowing' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome 
I could cry.

(Chorus)
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 leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go.

There are 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.

(Chorus)

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,

(Chorus) 


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ABEO CURSU LONGO
(Leaving on a Jet Plane)
(Latin version)



Ha, sarcinos composui.
Pro limina iam dubito
T'expergefacere
Mod'ut loquar.
Atqui commutation' aestu,
Me' oneraria vela
Ad Africum donabit denuo.

Chorus:
Ergo, me basia.
Me, dum absim, exspecta.
M'amplexa quasi coerceres.
Abeo, cursu longo.
Nescio quando reddibo,
Et nolo iam ire.

Et scortus sum saepissime.
Adulteravi saepe.
Scienda iam est nihil hoc ad rem.
Mens commorabitur in te,
Et ubicumqu'eam hoc eris.
Cum reddebo, pro gaudio canam.

Chorus

Tace, puella, non defle.
Ultimum basium dona.
Oportet me surger'ireque.
Felicem die'exspecta
Quando non ibo denuo,
Et nunquam rursum audiebis haec:

Chorus    


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