Lyrics to
Homeward Bound

This version of Homeward Bound was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1972.

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I want to sit at home in my rockin’ chair
I don’t want to travel the world
As far as I’m concerned I’ve had my share
But times more precious than gold
I don’t wanna see another airplane seat
Or another hotel room
The home life to me seems really neat
I just wanna unpack for good
Buy me a ticket homeward bound (homeward bound)
Buy me a ticket homeward bound (oh homeward bound
Well it all seems the same when you’ve done it before
There’s no difference in the style
There’s no end insight or my own front door
I’ll be a stay at home for awhile
So I’ll have another drink and a cigarette
Just to console myself some how
It’s not too bad if you can forget
I’ve just got to find a way somehow
Buy me a ticket homeward bound (homeward bound)
Buy me a ticket homeward bound (oh homeward bound
Buy me a ticket homeward bound (homeward bound)

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About Lyrics and Homeward Bound by Fleetwood Mac

When you decide to study the lyrics to Homeward Bound, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Fleetwood Mac. Some of the lyrics to Homeward Bound have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Fleetwood Mac and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Homeward Bound if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Homeward Bound" means the words set to the music of Homeward Bound, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Fleetwood Mac. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Homeward Bound and the lyrics to Homeward Bound are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Fleetwood Mac who came here looking just for the lyrics to Homeward Bound, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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