I'm sittin' in the railway station,
   got a ticket for my destinatoin.
   Mm, 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.
  
   Refrain:
   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 waitin'
   silently for me.
  
   Everyday'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
  
   Refrain
  
   Tonight I'll sing my songs again.
   I'll play the game and pretend.
   But all of my words come back to me
   in shades of mediocrity
   like emptiness in harmony.
   I need someone to comfort me.
  
   Refrain