Homestate

Homestate

Song Homestate
Artist Allen Taylor
Album TAS: The Absolute Sound 2007

Lyrics

[00:07.16] Sometimes when I'm driving late in the night
[00:10.18] When there's that special kind of early morning light
[00:14.05] When the evergreen stands out in the dark
[00:17.69] I'm thinking about that northern state of New York and New York
[00:28.42] New York state was good to me
[00:31.91] 'Cause I found a wife and made a family
[00:35.37] If anyone asks what it means to me
[00:38.66] Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
[00:45.92] New York
[00:49.57] New York city's just a part of the state
[00:52.71] Some people hate it, I think it's great
[00:56.35] It's an honest city, won't tell you a lie
[01:00.27] And take your money and look you straight in the eye, New York
[01:09.60] When the city got too much to take
[01:13.95] When the pressure built up and we thought we'd break
[01:17.89] When everyone else was a'heading south
[01:21.03] We went our own way and we a'headed north of New York
[01:31.96] New York state was good to me
[01:34.74] 'Cause I found a wife and made a family
[01:38.18] If anyone asks what it means to me
[01:41.95] Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
[01:48.50] New York
[01:52.80] Well I wish I could take that trip again
[01:56.46] Five hundred miles up to Lake Champlain
[01:59.72] Fishing for supper in a home made boat
[02:03.24] The love we made and the songs I wrote of New York
[02:13.49] And we rented a house on the Long Island sand
[02:17.22] Where work in the city was close at hand
[02:20.47] In the summer we swam in the Montauk Bay
[02:24.10] And England felt so far away from New York
[02:35.09] New York state was good to me
[02:37.77] 'Cause I found a wife and made a family
[02:41.38] If anyone asks what it means to me
[02:44.73] Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
[02:52.04] New York
[02:55.11] And it may sound strange that an Englishman
[02:59.30] Should lose his heart to a foreign land
[03:02.55] Maybe it's because I've a'been away
[03:05.96] Too long from her, it's hard to say, New York
[03:17.04] New York state was good to me
[03:19.77] 'Cause I found a wife and made a family
[03:24.02] If anyone asks what it means to me
[03:26.63] Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
[03:33.72] New York
[03:37.40] New York