• Song:

    Homeward Bound

  • Artist:

    Simon And Garfunkel

  • Album:

    The Essential Simon & G...

Homeward Bound
Simon and Garfunkel
Written by Paul Simon; released as a single with "Leaves That Are Green" as 
the B-side, and on the album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme".

Intro:
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                                                      I'm

Verse:
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  sittin'         in      the rail -  way     sta  -  tion, got a


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  ticket      for             my  des  -  ti- na  -   tion,


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                                                          mm-


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  mm,


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  On  a       tour        of      one     night   stands, my


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  suit -  case    and     guitar      in  hand,               And


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  eve  -  ry      stop    is  neat   -    ly      planned for a


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  po   -  et      and     a   one  -  man         band.

Refrain:
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                                  Home         -          ward


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  bound,                                  I       wish    I


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          was                     home         -          ward


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  bound.


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  Home,               where my thought's  es  -   ca  -   ping,


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  home,               where my mu    -    sic's   pla  -  ying,


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  Home,               where my love       lies    wai  -  ting


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  si  -   lent -  ly      for             me.


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Verse:
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  Every           day's       an  endless         stream      of


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  cigarettes              and     ma  -   ga- zines,


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                                                          mm-


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  mm,                                                         And


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  each    town        looks   the same    to      me,     the


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  mo  -   vies    and     the fac  -  to- ries,               And


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  eve  -  ry      stran - ger's   face    I       see     re- minds


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          me      that I          long    to  be

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                                  Home         -          ward


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  bound,                                  I       wish    I


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          was                     home         -          ward


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  bound.


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  Home,               where my thought's  es  -   ca  -   ping,


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  home,               where my mu    -    sic's   pla  -  ying,


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  Home,               where my love       lies    wai  -  ting


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  si  -   lent -  ly      for             me.


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                              To-

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  night I'll      sing    my      songs   a - gain,       I'll
  ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  play    the game                and     pre      -      tend,
  ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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                                                          mm-
  ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  mm,                                                         But
  oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  all     my      words   come    back    to  me          in


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  shades  of      me  -   di- oc- ri- ty,                 Like


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  emp  -  ti- ness    in      har -   mo- ny,             I


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  need    some -  one     to  com    -    fort    me.

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                                  Home         -          ward


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  bound,                                  I       wish    I


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  was                             home         -          ward


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  bound.


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  Home,               where my thought's  es  -   ca  -   ping,


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  home,               where my mu    -    sic's   pla  -  ying,


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  Home,               where my love       lies    wai  -  ting


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  si  -   lent -  ly      for             me,


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Outro:
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                                  si  -   lent -  ly      for                                  


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          me.


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