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 ]