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

And every 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

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

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