I'm sittin' in the railway station got a ticket for my destination On a tour of one night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand Every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one man band Homeward bound I wish I was homeward bound Home where my thought's escaping home where the music's playing Home where my love was waitin' silently for me
Now every day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines And each town looks the same to me for movies and the factories And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be Homeward bound... [Strings] Tonight I'll sing my songs again I'll play the game and pretend But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me Homeward bound...