HOMEWARD BOUND
(Paul Simon)

I’m sittin’ in the railway station
I got a ticket for my destination
On the 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 is 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 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 is waiting silently for me

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 is waiting silently for me

Tonight I’ll sing my songs again
I’ll play the game and pretend
I’m gonna pretend
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 is waiting silently for me
Silently for me, waiting there for me