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 a one-man band
[Chorus:] Homeward bound, I wish I was homeward bound Home, where my thoughts escapin', home, where my music's playin' Home, where my love lies waitin' silently for me
Every day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be
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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