i'm sittin'in the railway station

got a ticket for my destination

mhmm

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

mhmm

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

mhmm

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