@annoftheroses 29 August 2020 more from that month

BTS: Leaving on a Jet Plane

Behind The Song Pt. 4 Please listen while you're reading. Thanks ♥ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SneCkM0bJq0 `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` **Leaving on a Jet Plane** is a well-renowned song written by **John Denver** in 1966 and most famously recorded by **Peter, Paul, and Mary**. The original title of the song was "**Babe, I Hate to Go**," but then Denver's producer, **Milt Okun** convinced him to change the title. This was written by a very young John Denver, who was then a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio before beginning his solo career in the 1970s. `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` Denver wrote this during a layover at Washington airport, "Not so much from feeling that way for someone, but from the longing of having someone to love." As the child of a military family, Denver spent most of his childhood moving from one location to another. Likewise, in an effort to find his way into life as a professional musician, Denver was compelled to travel and live cross country, jumping back and forth between the lives and relationships he had formed. `Now the time has come to leave you` `One more time` `Let me kiss you` `Then close your eyes` `And 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` The **Chad Mitchell Trio** recorded the song that year, as did **Spanky & Our Gang and Peter, Paul and Mary.** It only became a hit when the latter act covered the song two years later. `But, I'm leavin' on a jet plane` `Don't know when I'll be back again` `Oh babe, I hate to go` **Song:** Leaving on a Jet Plane **Singer:** John Denver **Genre:** Folk **Released‎:** 1966 **"Leaving on a Jet Plane"** is a song about the difficult choice of whether or not to leave his loved one behind in order to pursue his career. And this happens most of the time - on our parents, loved ones, friends, and to ourselves. Thank you for reading and listening ^^