I think I'll post these lyrics, just because I like them, and they put this discussion in context. Brings back the days of my youth, you know. The song was recorded December 14, 1965, the same date as many of the songs on the Sounds of Silence LP (album released 16 Jan 66). As a single, it was released on 12 Feb 66 and reached #5 on the pop charts. It was on the Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme LP (album released 10 Oct 66).

Homeward Bound
(Music & Lyrics by Paul Simon)

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 ev'ry 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.

Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
And ev'ry 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.



transcribed from the CD

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I see now that the lyrics are in the DT. Oh, well...