Paul Simon




Homeward Bound

I'm sittin' in the railway station 
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one-night-stands 
My suitcase and guitar at 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 thoughts escaping 
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Every day's an endless dream 
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 lies waiting
Silently for me

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 thoughts escaping 
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Silently for me