I'm sitting in the railway station, got a ticket for my destination, hum,um um On a tour of one night stands my suitcase and my guitar 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 stream of cigarettes and magazines, hum, um, um 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 Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend, hum, um, um But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me