Tom: A5 /A5 1. Leaving home out on the road /D5 /A5 I've been down before /A5 Riding along on this big old jet plane /D5 /A5 I've been thinking about my home /A5 But my love light seems so far away /G5 /D5 /A5 And it seems like it's all been done /A5 Somebody's trying to make me stay /G5 /D5 /A5 You know I got to be moving on /G5 /D5 /A5 Ref.: Big old jet airliner /G5 /D5 /A5 Don't carry me too far away /G5 /D5 /A5 Big old jet airliner /G5 /D5 /A5 'Cos it's here that I've got to stay 2. Goodbye to my friends at home Goodbye to people I trusted I 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 Riding high I got tears in my eyes You know you've got to go thru hell before you get to heaven Ref.: Big old jet airliner ... 3. Touching down in New England town Feel the heat coming down I got to keep on, keeping on You know the big wheel keeps on spinning around But I'm going with some hesitation You know that I can surely see That I don't want to get caught up in any of that Funky shit going down in the city Ref.: Big old jet airliner ... Ref.: Big old jet airliner Carry me to my home Big old jet airliner 'Cos it's there that I belong Ref.: (Instrumental) Ref.: Big old jet airliner Don't carry me ...