Released: July 14, 1972
Songwriter: Paul Simon
Producer: Jerry Marcellino Mel Larson
[Verse 1:]
I'm sitting in the railway station
Got a ticket to my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
[Chorus:]
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
[Verse 2:]
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
[Repeat Chorus:]
[Bridge:]
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 in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
[Repeat Chorus:]
I'm sitting in the railway station
Got a ticket to my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
[Chorus:]
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
[Verse 2:]
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
[Repeat Chorus:]
[Bridge:]
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 in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
[Repeat Chorus:]
- Jermaine (1972)
- When The Rain Begins To Fall
- Word To The Badd!! (Original Version)
- Do What You Do
- You’re In Good Hands
- (Closest Thing To) Perfect
- Escape From the Planet of the Ant Men
- I’m Just Too Shy
- Secrets
- Paradise In Your Eyes
- Castles of Sand
- Isn’t She Lovely
- Our Love Story
- We’re Making Whoopee
- Voices In The Dark
- Precious Moments
- Let’s Be Young Tonight
- Word To The Badd!!
- Give A Little Love
- Don’t You Deserve Someone
- Rebel (With A Cause)
- Dynamite
- Don’t Take It Personal
- A Lovers Holiday
- Let Me Tickle Your Fancy