Sitting in a 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
Homeward bound, I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thoughts are straying
Home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting
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 where I long to be
Homeward bound, I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thoughts are straying
Home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Tonight I'll sing my songs again, play the game and pretend
But all my thoughts 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 thoughts are straying
Home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
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
Homeward bound, I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thoughts are straying
Home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting
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 where I long to be
Homeward bound, I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thoughts are straying
Home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Tonight I'll sing my songs again, play the game and pretend
But all my thoughts 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 thoughts are straying
Home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me