Allan Taylor - Homestate

Sometimes when I'm driving ^Dlate in the night When there's that^Em special kind of ^Cearly morning light When the ^Gevergreen stands ^Dout in the dark I'm ^Emthinking about that northern ^Cstate of New York, New ^GYork

^DNew York State was ^Ggood to me 'Cause I ^Cfound a wife and made a ^Gfamily If ^Danyone asks what it ^Emmeans to me Well, it's the ^Cnearest to home^G I'll ever be, in New York ^GNew York

Well, New York city's just a ^Dpart of the state Some ^Empeople hate it, I think it's ^Cgreat It's an ^Ghonest city, won't ^Dtell you a lie It'll^Em take your money and look you ^Cstraight in the eye, New ^GYork

When the city got too ^Dmuch to take When the ^Empressure built up and we ^Cthought we'd break When ^Geveryone else was ^Dheaded south We ^Emwent our own way, we ^Cheaded north of New ^GYork

^DNew York State was ^Ggood to me 'Cause I ^Cfound a wife and made a ^Gfamily If ^Danyone asks what it ^Emmeans to me Well, it's the ^Cnearest to home^G I'll ever be, in New York ^GNew York

I wish I could take that ^Dtrip again ^EmFive hundred miles up to ^CLake Champlain ^GFishing for supper in a ^Dhomemade boat The ^Emlove we made and the ^Csongs I wrote of New ^GYork

And we rented a house on the ^DLong Island sand Where ^Emwork in the city was ^Cclose at hand In the ^Gsummer we swam in ^DMontauk Bay And ^EmEngland felt so ^Cfar away from New ^GYork

^DNew York State was ^Ggood to me 'Cause I ^Cfound a wife and made a ^Gfamily If ^Danyone asks what it ^Emmeans to me Well, it's the ^Cnearest to home^G I'll ever be, in New York ^GNew York

And it may sound ^Dstrange that an Englishman Should ^Emlose his heart to a ^Cforeign land ^GMaybe it's because I've ^Dbeen away Too ^Emlong from her, it's ^Chard to say, New ^GYork

^DNew York State was ^Ggood to me 'Cause I ^Cfound a wife and made a ^Gfamily If ^Danyone asks what it ^Emmeans to me Well, it's the ^Cnearest to home^G I'll ever be, in New York ^GNew York ^GNew York