Leaving on a Jet Plane
Song by John DenverWikipedia
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Oct 14, 2026
Calvin SchwartzHOST
... you know, I got a chance to meet Peter a whole bunch of times.
Calvin SchwartzHOST
One time he grabbed my hands and held onto me tight, 'cause I told him I w- you know, y- y- such a fan, you know, Leaving on a Jet Plane.
Jim BerkenstadtGUEST
Oh.
Calvin SchwartzHOST
I can listen to that all day.
Calvin SchwartzHOST
It's better than, you know, sitting with a psychiatrist.
Calvin SchwartzHOST
And now you, you've inspired me.
Calvin SchwartzHOST
I'm gonna go to AI and say, "Listen, I listen to Scarborough Fair and Leaving on a Jet Plane, and Times Are a-Changin'." And I watch that Dylan movie again and again and again and again to see the beginning.
Calvin SchwartzHOST
Did you like that? Did you see that Dylan movie with Tim Blake Nelson?
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And you got me wanting you Honey, honey, sugar, sugar, honey
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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 Taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could cry 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's so many times I've let you down.
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So many times I've played around.
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I tell you now they don't mean a thing.
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Every place I go I think of you.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Every song I sing I sing for you.
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When I come back I'll wear your wedding 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 Now the time has come to leave you one more time.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Let me kiss you and close your eyes.
Bob CordaroHOST
Murph tells us this date, 1988, they were moving up the charts with their hit Handle With Care, which was at number 11.
Bob CordaroHOST
We're gonna finish with Peter, Paul and Mary, because on this date, 1969, they released their hit Leaving on a Jet Plane.
Bob CordaroHOST
I figured, what the hell, we're leaving, too, right? Wouldn't that fit? Bulldog always asks me during the show.
Bob CordaroHOST
By the way, he does it to aggravate me, not for any good, noble purpose.
Tim WebsterHOST
And I said yesterday, you know, very often it's the first...
Tim WebsterHOST
some of the first things that, uh, are written, like John Denver's, uh, "Leaving on a Jet Plane" I played yesterday, and Elton's "Your Song," and it's, you know, an early hit, and it's sometimes the best.
Tim WebsterHOST
Well, I'm gonna play this, um, because Paul Simon wrote about, uh, the "Sounds of Silence," that he went to play the guitar in the bathroom because it gave him that sort of echo effect.
Tim WebsterHOST
And he turned the water on, and he found that was very soothing.
Steve SanduskiHOST
And I would wait until this song came on because for whatever reason, it just like touched me.
Steve SanduskiHOST
And it was Leaving on a Jet Plane, Peter, Paul and Mary.
Steve SanduskiHOST
It's a beautiful song.
Steve SanduskiHOST
Extra credit for who wrote the song.
Gordon DalzielHOST
famous
Steven MillHOST
for mate I swear he did do Leaving on a Jet Plane thank you but yeah so he wrote it and it was released by someone else but then he released it himself and then Take Me Home Country Roads
Gordon DalzielHOST
that's the one right he walked out sat down never opened his mouth and just I'm leaving on a jet plane and everybody's just sitting good songs hardly moved stood up
Steven MillHOST
and walked out the
Gordon DalzielHOST
worst the worst one was and many people have heard it Elton John yeah terrible where did you go and see him Hydro know that it was terrible I liked Elton John I thought he'd be good but see the fact that you come out and you sit on your piano there right and you just play a song, and you're thinking, right, you've got good music, you're brilliant, you know, and you're a megastar.
Phil TrollHOST
At the moment, Tara is in Trinidad, and she went to the airport in London, Heathrow, yesterday, and she left on a jet plane.
Phil TrollHOST
So that's what we're going to play now, leaving on a jet plane.
Phil TrollHOST
But she's already there now.
Phil TrollHOST
Oh, I'm going to miss you.
Phil TrollHOST
So this one's especially for you, Tara.
Phil TrollHOST
Peter, Paul and Mary.
speaker_15UNKNOWN
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 Taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could cry 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,
speaker_7UNKNOWN
I hate
Jenna FischerHOST
We have a slow-motion montage of everyone suiting up.
Jenna FischerHOST
Then we have what I'm pretty sure is the cringiest moment of the whole movie that was really painful to watch, and it is Ben Affleck singing Leaving on a Jet Plane-
Angela KinseyHOST
Mm-hmm
Jenna FischerHOST
... to Liv Tyler.
Bobby BonesHOST
Now, before he was a household name as a singer, he was already making noise as a songwriter.
Bobby BonesHOST
He wrote, "'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane," for Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Bobby BonesHOST
and they go on to record it.
Bobby BonesHOST
It goes number one in 1969.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
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I'm leaving on a jet plane.
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I don't know when I'll be back again.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
babe,
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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 think of you Every song I sing I sing for you When I come back I'll wear 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 I'm leaving on a jet plane I 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 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 time I won't have to say Kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go I don't know when I'll be back again Leavin' on a jet plane I don't know when I'll be back again Leavin' on a jet plane I don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go
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