G
I'm sitting in the railway station
      G/F#                  G/F  Em7
Got a ticket to my destination, hmmmm
       Am                         F
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand
      G                                  D
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and one-man band


G          C
Homeward bound,
       G
I wish I was,
          C
Homeward bound
G                F7M        C
Home, where my thought's escaping
G               F7M       C
Home, where my music's playing
G               F7M       C
Home, where my love lies waiting
D             G
Silently for me


G
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
    G/F#                G/F    Em7
of cigarettes and magazines, hmmmm
     Am                                  F
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
      G                            D
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,


G          C
Homeward bound,
       G
I wish I was,
          C
Homeward bound
G                F7M        C
Home, where my thought's escaping
G               F7M       C
Home, where my music's playing
G               F7M       C
Home, where my love lies waiting
D             G
Silently for me


G
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
G/F#                        G/F   Em7
I'll play the game and pretend, hmmmm
    Am                                F
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
     G                       D
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me


G          C
Homeward bound,
       G
I wish I was,
          C
Homeward bound
G                F7M        C
Home, where my thought's escaping
G               F7M       C
Home, where my music's playing
G               F7M       C
Home, where my love lies waiting
D             G
Silently for me
G/F#    G/F          Em7
       Silently for me