Homeward Bound -- Simon and Garfunkel

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

Everyday's an endless stream  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 

(**)  

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 emptyness in harmony  I need someone to comfort me 

(**)   

Paul Simon lived in Brentwood, Essex, England when he wrote this song. When traveling back from Wigan, where he was playing, he got stuck on the station and wrote this. The song has a double meaning: literally, wanting for a ticket home to Brentwood, but on the other hand, yearning to go to his home in the US. (songfacts)