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 and New York

New York state was good to me

'Cause I found a wife and made a family

If anyone asks what it means to me

Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in 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

And take your money and 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 a'heading south

We went our own way and we a'headed north of New York

New York state was good to me

'Cause I found a wife and made a family

If anyone asks what it means to me

Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York

New York

Well I wish I could take that trip again

Five hundred miles up to Lake Champlain

Fishing for supper in a home made boat

The love we made and the songs I wrote of New York

And we rented a house on the Long Island sand

Where work in the city was close at hand

In the summer we swam in the Montauk Bay

And England felt so far away from New York

New York state was good to me

'Cause I found a wife and made a family

If anyone asks what it means to me

Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York

New York

And it may sound strange that an Englishman

Should lose his heart to a foreign land

Maybe it's because I've a'been away

Too long from her it's hard to say New York

New York state was good to me

'Cause I found a wife and made a family

If anyone asks what it means to me

Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York

New York

New York