I'm sitting in the railway station. Got a ticket to my destination. Mmm On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand. And ev'ry 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 my mu-sic's playing, Home where my love lies waiting Silently for me. Ev'ry day's an endless stream Of cigarettes and magazi-ines. Mmm 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 mu-sic's playing, Home where my love lies waiting Silently for me. Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and prete-end. Mmm 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 mu-sic's playing, Home where my love lies waiting Silently for me. Silently for me.