Homeward Bound

(Paul Simon)



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

Every 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 the music's playing

Home where my love was waitin'

Silently for me.



Now every day's an endless stream

Of cigarettes and magazines

And each town looks the same to me

For movies and the factories

And every 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 the music's playing

Home where my love was waitin'

Silently for me.



--- Instrumental ---



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.



Homeward bound

I wish I was homeward bound

Home where my thought's escaping

Home where the music's playing

Home where my love was waitin'

Silently for me.



Silently for me...