Homeward Bound
Journey of Longing: Jermaine Jackson's Homeward Bound
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 for my intended 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.
Every stop on the tour is carefully planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound,
I am feeling the desire to return home.
I wish I was,
Expressing a wish to be homeward bound.
Homeward bound,
Reiterating the desire to be homeward bound.
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home is where my thoughts can escape.
Home where my music's playing,
Home is where my music is playing.
Home where my love lies waiting
Home is where my love patiently awaits me.
Silently for me.
My love is silently waiting for my return.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Every day feels like a continuous stream.
Of cigarettes and magazines.
My experiences involve cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
Each town looks the same to me, filled with movies and factories.
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Every stranger's face reminds me of my longing to be home.
Homeward bound,
Expressing the desire to be homeward bound.
I wish I was,
Reiterating the wish to be homeward bound.
Homeward bound,
Continuing the expression of the desire to be homeward bound.
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home is where my thoughts can escape.
Home where my music's playing,
Home is where my music is playing.
Home where my love lies waiting
Home is where my love patiently awaits me.
Silently for me.
My love is silently waiting 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 will engage in the performance and pretend.
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
My words come back to me with a sense of mediocrity.
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
Feeling a void, I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound,
Expressing the wish to be homeward bound.
I wish I was,
Reiterating the desire to be homeward bound.
Homeward bound,
Continuing the expression of the desire to be homeward bound.
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home is where my thoughts can escape.
Home where my music's playing,
Home is where my music is playing.
Home where my love lies waiting
Home is where my love patiently awaits me.
Silently for me.
My love is silently waiting for my return.
Silently for me.
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