This is NOT an analysis of a song, merely personal observations about a song that I love. Enjoy. Ian "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel A lovely song about missing home and loved ones. Famously, Paul Simon scribbled the basis of the lyrics on a scrap of paper while on a train platform at Widnes while touring in the UK. ("If you have ever seen Widnes, you will know why I was desperate to leave"). In the UK, it appeared on the Sounds of Silence album in 1965 "I'm sitting in the railway station. Got a ticket to my destination." "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, Homeward bound," "Homeward Bound"
Songwriter Paul Simon Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group I'm sitting in the railway station. Got a ticket to 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. Every day'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, 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. 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 emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me. 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. Silently for me.
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