| Leavin' home, out on the road |
| I’ve been down before |
| Ridin' along in this big ol' jet plane |
| I’ve been thinkin' about my home |
| But my love light seems so far away |
| And I feel like it’s all been done |
| Somebody’s tryin' to make me stay |
| You know I’ve got to be movin' on |
| Oh, oh, big ol' jet airliner |
| Don’t carry me too far away |
| Oh, oh, big ol' jet airliner |
| 'Cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay |
| Goodbye to all my friends at home |
| Goodbye to the people I’ve trusted |
| I’ve got to go out and make my way |
| I might get rich, you know, I might get busted |
| But my heart keeps calling me backwards |
| As I get on the 707 |
| Ridin' high, I got tears in my eyes |
| You know I got to go through hell |
| Before you get to heaven |
| Big ol' jet airliner |
| Don’t carry me too far away |
| Oh, oh, big ol' jet airliner |
| 'Cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay |
| Yeah, yeah |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah |
| And I’m goin' with some hesitation |
| You know that I can surely see |
| That I don’t want to get caught up in that |
| Funky shit goin' down in the city |
| Big ol' jet airliner |
| Don’t carry me too far away |
| Oh, oh, big ol' jet airliner |
| 'Cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay |
| Oh, oh, big ol' jet airliner |
| Carry me to my home |
| Oh, oh, big ol' jet airliner |
| 'Cause it’s here that I belong |