I'm sitting in the railway station Got a ticket to my destination, hmmmm On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and one-man band Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought's escaping Home, where my music's playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me Ev'ry day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines, hmmmm And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be, Homeward bound, I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought's escaping Home, where my music's playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend, hmmmm But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me Homeward bound, I wish I was, Homeward bound Home, where my thought's escaping Home, where my music's playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me Silently for me