Homeward Bound
Journey of Longing: Buck Owens' Homeward Bound Tale
Lyrics
I'm sitting in the railway station.
I am currently at the railway station.
Got a ticket to my destination.
I have a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
I am on a tour of one-night stands with my suitcase and guitar.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Each stop on my tour is carefully planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound,
I am on my way home.
I wish I was,
I wish I were already on my way home.
Homeward bound,
I want to go home.
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home is where my thoughts are free.
Home where my music's playing,
Home is where my music is playing.
Home where my love lies waiting
Home is where my love is patiently waiting for me.
Silently for me.
My love is waiting silently for my return.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Every day feels like a continuous flow.
Of cigarettes and magazines.
My days consist of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
Every town looks the same to me with its movies and factories.
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Every stranger's face reminds me that I long to be home.
Homeward bound,
I am on my way home.
I wish I was,
I wish I were already on my way home.
Homeward bound,
I want to go home.
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home is where my thoughts are free.
Home where my music's playing,
Home is where my music is playing.
Home where my love lies waiting
Home is where my love is patiently waiting for me.
Silently for me.
My love is waiting silently for my return.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
Tonight, I will perform my songs again.
I'll play the game and pretend.
I'll engage in the performance and pretend.
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
But my words come back to me with a sense of mediocrity.
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
There is emptiness in the harmony, and I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound,
I am on my way home.
I wish I was,
I wish I were already on my way home.
Homeward bound,
I want to go home.
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home is where my thoughts are free.
Home where my music's playing,
Home is where my music is playing.
Home where my love lies waiting
Home is where my love is patiently waiting for me.
Silently for me.
My love is waiting silently for my return.
Silently for me.
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