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Posted By: GUEST,henryp
31-May-21 - 04:37 AM
Thread Name: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them
Subject: Lyr Add: HOMESTATE (Allan Taylor)
Homestate by Allan Taylor
Sometimes when I'm driving late in the night When there's that special kind of early morning light When the evergreen stands out in the dark I'm thinking about that northern state of New York - New York
New York state was good to me, cos I found a wife and made a a family If anyone asks what it means to me, well, it's the nearest to home I'll ever be - New York, New York
New York City's just a part of the state Some people hate it, I think it's great It's an honest city, won't tell you a lie It'll take your money, look you straight in the eye, New York
When the city got too much to take When the pressure built up, and we thought we'd break When everyone else was heading south We went our own way, we headed north of New York
I wish I could take that trip again Five hundred miles up the Lake Champlain Fishing for supper in a home made boat The love we made and the songs I wrote of New York
Then we rented a house on the Long Island sand Work in the city was close at hand In the summer we swam in Montauk Bay And England felt so far away from New York
It may sound strange that an Englishman Should lose his heart to a foreign land Maybe it's because I've been away Too long from her, it's hard to say - New York