There's a war that's been waging just under my skin Who I am and who I have been May the passage of time erase all my crimes And smooth out the creases of sin I blame the miles behind me for the shape that I'm in Coffee to banish the gin The unglorious nights playing bright dirty lights Just to get up and do it again Homeward, I'm leaving, broke and defeated I'm drunk, dumb and beaten, I wish I was dreaming All the hands of my lovers are folded away In the end I just couldn't stay How the memory fades but the scar still remains She and my wounds are the same With the road and it's cities all faded from sight I'll wipe the sweat out of my eyes I will set out to sea with no one to be And nothing I say has to rhyme Homeward, I'm leaving, broke and defeated I'm drunk, dumb and beaten, I wish I was dreaming Homeward, I'm leaving, broke and defeated I'm drunk, dumb and beaten, I wish I was dreaming Ooh, ooh, ooh