(J.Denver)

[Recorded October 29, 1970, Hollywood]



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.



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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

Ev'ry place I go, I'll think of you

Ev'ry song I sing, I'll sing for you

When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.



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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,



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