Single:
Homeward Bound entered the Australian singles chart* on 5 March 1966 and peaked at #20.
Album:
In Australia and the UK, Homeward Bound was included on Sounds of Silence which charted here in 1966. In the US, the song was included on the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
Songwriter:
Paul Simon
Producer:
Bob Johnston
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
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Wikipedia:
Homeward Bound was written by Paul Simon after he returned to England in early 1964. He had previously spent time in Essex, and he became a nightly fixture at the Railway Hotel in Brentwood, beginning that April. He was reeling from his brief period in the folk scene in Greenwich Village, New York, and the recording of his first album with Art Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., which he anticipated would be a failure.
In the US, Homeward Bound appears on the duo’s third studio album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, although it was recorded during the sessions for their second album, Sounds of Silence and included on that album in the UK. It was their second single, the follow-up to their breakthrough hit The Sound of Silence.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeward_Bound_(Simon_&_Garfunkel_song)
Lyrics:
I’m sitting in the railway station, got a ticket for 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
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