One Way Ticket Home Lyrics - Phil Ochs

I'd like a one-way ticket home, ticket home 

Where I can watch television, talk on the telephone 

But every town I wander there's a billboard on a throne 

Ticket home, I want a ticket home 

Does anybody know my name, or recognize my face 

I must have come from somewhere, but I can't recall the place 

They dropped me at the matinee, they left without a trace 

Ticket home, I want a ticket home 

Elvis Presley is the king, I was at his crowning 

My life just flashed before my eyes, I must be drowning 

Seems like only yesterday I climbed aboard the plane 

Raping distance in the skies, while diving in champagne 

I would be in exile now, but everywhere's the same 

Ticket home, I want a ticket home 

Elvis Presley is the king, I was at his crowning 

My life just flashed before my eyes, I must be drowning 

Seems like only yesterday I climbed aboard the plane 

Raping distance in the sky, while diving in champagne 

I would be in exile now, but everywhere's the same 

Ticket home, I want a ticket home