I'm sittin' in the railway station got a ticket for a 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 thought's escaping 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 for movies and the factories   And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be   Homeward bound...   [ guitar ]   But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity   Like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me   Homeward bound...   [ guitar ]