Steve Miller Band, The - Jet Airliner Lyrics






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 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 you 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

Touchin' down in New England town
Feel the heat comin' down
I've got to keep on keepin' on
You know the big wheel keeps on spinnin' around
And I'm goin' 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 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
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

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 there that I belong





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  1. C.... R....

    Paul Pena's original is better

  2. D.... S....

    How can u not like this song? What is wrong with them

  3. D.... D....

    For year, thought he was saying "Big 'Ol Jan had 'em lined up" 🤣

  4. C.... E....

    THE PLANE THE PLANE ❤😎💛😎💚😎✌👍👍

  5. A.... H....

    NOTHERN KATABOIS

  6. m.... ....

    So, apparently 1700 people got caught up in some funky shit going down in the city.🙃

  7. m.... ....

    Brings back memories...over 25 years ago this was the last song I heard on the radio before I boarded a “big old jet airliner” to go to San Antonio for Air Force basic training.

  8. d.... w....

    steve miller was the shit

  9. M.... S....

    It' s obvious why ZZ Top some years later named their album Afterburner!

  10. J.... D....

    💋 SWEET MEMORIES 💓MY BABE💋💋💋💋💋💋
    🎆💭💭 CLASSIC ROCK 🔊 🔊💭👍🇺🇸 🇨🇦😎

    J.... D....

    Yes cool old tunes hun 🎼🎵 love ya shades 💋❤🤟♾😎🧚‍♀️

  11. G.... T....

    ahhhh, takes me back to 1977

  12. B.... W....

    All the 1.7 k dislikes , are from people who are waiting for justin beibers new big hit . Lol

  13. T.... R....

    Or maybe he's just singing about is life, on and off the road.

    T.... R....

    i been thinkin bout my home

    T.... R....

    @dhanji. Who doesn't? We all do. "We" is the key.

  14. C.... S....

    Still here

  15. M.... S....

    sorry Yorktown ladies and college but I found Amanda and Amanda found me and we had be moving on!!!!!

  16. M.... S....

    Amanda is always on my Jet airliner!!!!

  17. G.... G....

    What a fun song!

  18. H.... B....

    The Steve Miller Band was as good an American rock n’ roll band as there EVER has been.

  19. A.... E....

    Jonathan my name is Aaron Edwards and I've been getting Steve Miller's band to play and he's on

  20. G.... C....

    " I don't want to get caught up in that funky sh*t goin' down in the citeyy!"

  21. s.... n....

    Anyone know if that's a 12 string guitar Steve is playing in the overture?

  22. J.... F....

    The bass line makes me so hard

  23. A.... S....

    I liked this song on the radio as a kid. Then I heard this album version, where the radio "funky kicks goin' down in the city" is "funky shit." I lost my mind. WHAT? They say the cussword for DOO-DOO in this song? I told everybody at school and I was king for a day.

  24. S.... Z....

    Captain Harry G. Cramer Jr RIP VIETNAM 1957

  25. S.... Z....

    RIP A PETER DEWEY VIETNAM 1945

  26. J.... B....

    Another feel good Classic

  27. j.... f....

    big old hairy vagina is there any chance of you shavin that thing

  28. M.... L....

    “You know you got to go through hell before you get to Heaven”. I don’t know why but that line gives me chills every time.

    M.... L....

    Because it's the truth , that's why young lad , someone needs to be honest enough to tell ya .

  29. m.... ....

    this reminds me of dont bring me down by the animals and then i just pause this then skip to that track because it's better. both are good though i guess.

  30. t.... ....

    so much fun

  31. �.... ....

    VERY GOOD ~~~!!!

  32. D.... D....

    Great song great artist

  33. m.... 1....

    Feel so cheated being born in the 90s we missed so much

  34. C.... K....

    Twears fondled horse.

  35. c.... ....

    from tacoma love this song

  36. R.... J....

    ❤🐑🔏🇨🇦👑♦️❔❔

  37. R.... J....

    PS577 YEP I AM, richie ray from massachusetts

  38. R.... J....

    I HA VA TH A BOOT LE GG ED PI TC AL BUMM&NN

  39. C.... s....

    I was 13 when this came out man where does the time go ?? I seen him at cobo hall in Detroit .. it was awesome 😎

  40. S.... V....

    This big ol’ jet airliner has brought me to the Land DOWN UNDER!

    S.... V....

    Welcome

  41. B.... ....

    I tried to think of bad music from the seventies. I failed. Even the scrap was good.

  42. B.... G....

    Like fine wine this music ages well ! SPLENDID …

  43. S.... N....

    Loved this song for 40 years but didn't know it was a cover until today!

  44. T.... L....

    Have to admit that I used to smoke shit Ton load of weed and drink allot of Busch Beer in 12oz. Cans listening to this song and all the other hits back in the day.

  45. T.... R....

    Thumbs Up.

  46. P.... T....

    My brother use to sing.." big ole Jed n Lionel don't carry me too far away".. 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😭.. I would say...read the name of the song..😂😂😂😂

  47. M.... W....

    Classic

  48. H.... J....

    Polio sucks. 3:04 on. Swear word.

    H.... J....

    Huge Johnson what

    H.... J....

    Majesty

  49. K.... P....

    I can't NOT sing the harmony on this one. : P

  50. G.... G....

    Abigail:
    "I am SO in love with my fiancé! He is tall & handsome, suave & stable. Everything I could want in a future husband. Who on earth could I possibly love more?"

    *MEANWHILE, in Arizona..*

    A Hispanic shy youngster named Gilbert, who is quite poor, yet also quite handsome...hops into the cab car he drives. Making no more then $12.50 an hour. Yet he cares less. While driving, Rolls down the window, playing this classic masterpiece full blast. Little does he realize, he would become Abigail's true future husband...😁😎🤗

  51. d.... d....

    Fuck google

  52. C.... P....

    I remember getting this album for Christmas in 4th grade!

  53. s.... ....

    One of the greatest covers that ever existed in the history of covers

    s.... ....

    No idea it was a cover TY

  54. J.... K....

    that intro is butter

  55. A.... G....

    ANY TIME NOW :)

  56. R.... C....

    😎don’t

  57. B.... ....

    I thought the vocal audio was missing for a while there

    B.... ....

    its the album version, rarely played on the radio

  58. A.... L....

    I swear this is one of the best themes I have ever heard. Even though I was born on 2001, this music really touches whoever is going on their own journey. Music from 2018-2019 really sucks. Whoever disliked has some fat problems.

  59. b.... ....

    Don't want to get caught up in any of that funky SHIT going down in the city!!!

  60. M.... C....

    I am 20 years old been listening to this since I was 8. But still here in 20190/2020 who with this young bull?

    M.... C....

    I'm here and I'm 67.

    M.... C....

    I'm 56 and have loved the SMB since your age. It never gets old. One of the best songs ever in the history of songdom.

  61. D.... G....

    Big old Jed had a lighter!

    D.... G....

    Yup! LOL, I can hear it like that!

  62. S.... O....

    Came here through Tuvan throat singin, RIP Paul Pena

  63. J.... S....

    Young in my prime good jams never out of time.

  64. j.... j....

    I remember this as a kid, to think they had to block the word 'shit' on the radio, replaced it with kicks, guess someone finally realized it was said in most playgrounds. lol. love it today.

  65. T.... A....

    I am 14 and I’m here because I have a good taste in music. The new music that is trash can take a hike.

  66. D.... H....

    Probably my favorite quote
    "You know you gotta go through hell to get to heaven"
    I'm not a religious guy but that line has some goddamn meaning.

  67. K.... N....

    Bingo Jed had a light on.

  68. S.... P....

    Yep 👍 Love ❤️ All

  69. S.... P....

    Merry Christmas 🎄

  70. S.... P....

    Time To Make The Doughnuts 🍩

  71. S.... P....

    Let’s Go Fishing 🎣

  72. D.... U....

    The 1.6k dislikes have that funky shit going down in their city.

  73. K.... W....

    That intro sounds like ZZtop

  74. D.... A....

    Pine Knob Michigan.....about 1989. I had no ticket........was tailgating and hammered off my behind. Met a group of girls..........ended up 12th row center stage.........and the best part,.......got laid.

  75. B.... ....

    I might get rich you know I might get busted

  76. S.... Z....

    I was a paratrooper in the 82d airborne and loved this song. Usually I never landed with the c130 once it took off

  77. C.... ....

    😎. Down with funky shit, just give me a good ride home.

  78. M.... t....

    Love it

  79. D.... D....

    1973 trans am fully loaded hell ya

  80. J.... D....

    I'm listening to them

  81. T.... ....

    Great guitar sounds on this track, and Lonnie Turner's bass is awesome as always

  82. T.... c....

    Next chapter!

  83. D.... R....

    Jump in

  84. L.... S....

    Crossroads uaeuhaeaeu

  85. l.... t....

    fuck ur coms...……..

  86. B.... M....

    1.6k people don't know what rock n roll is

  87. S.... K....

    Stephen Miller! Stephen Miller! Stephen Miller! Get me the fuck outta here! :P:D:\

  88. R.... S....

    Everyone talking smack in the comments just chill and enjoy the good music. Music is a gift to the public and thanks to technology it's been recorded to be listened to for decades to come.

  89. R.... T....

    My mom thought this was big old "Jed and Lionel" in 2018 loool 😂😂😂

  90. h.... ....

    Timeless!!

  91. D.... H....

    I've got to keep on keeping on!

  92. J.... L....

    MY ABSOLUTE

  93. T.... c....

    🤐😂✝️🚹✌👈

  94. K.... ....

    This song is soo god for aviation games XD (I'm 12 lol)

  95. C.... W....

    When I was a pup I listened to so much CCR. It wasn't until I hit about 14-15 that I realized all the songs I loved were all theirs. Same thing with The Eagles. Much later on I find out I did the same with SMB. So good man. These guys will always be timeless to me :')

  96. J.... H....

    Anyone born in 1990 that had there old man n his mates making memories that you'll remember for a life time

    J.... H....

    Or even if there born in 54! Ok, he is a boomer but still he's my pappa!