Homestate - Allan Taylor

Sometimes when I'm driving late in the night
有时候我在深夜里开车
When there's that special kind of early morning light
清晨的曙光乍现
When the evergreen stands out in the dark
当常青树在黑暗中若隐若现
I'm thinking about that northern state of New York and New York
我想起了北方的纽约州
New York state was good to me
纽约对我很好
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
因为我找到了妻子组建了家庭
If anyone asks what it means to me
如果有人问这对我意味着什么
Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
这是我在纽约离家最近的地方
New York
纽约
New York city's just a part of the state
纽约市只是这个州的一部分
Some people hate it I think it's great
有人不喜欢我觉得很好
It's an honest city won't tell you a lie
这是一个诚实的城市不会对你说谎
And take your money and look you straight in the eye New York
拿走你的钱直视你的眼睛来到纽约
When the city got too much to take
当这座城市不堪重负
When the pressure built up and we thought we'd break
压力越来越大我们以为我们会决裂
When everyone else was a'heading south
当其他人都在向南行进时
We went our own way and we a'headed north of New York
我们走自己的路一路向北去往纽约
New York state was good to me
纽约对我很好
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
因为我找到了妻子组建了家庭
If anyone asks what it means to me
如果有人问这对我意味着什么
Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
这是我在纽约离家最近的地方
New York
纽约
Well I wish I could take that trip again
我希望我可以再次踏上旅途
Five hundred miles up to Lake Champlain
五百英里一直到尚普兰湖
Fishing for supper in a home made boat
在自制的船上钓晚餐
The love we made and the songs I wrote of New York
我们之间的爱我为纽约写下的歌
And we rented a house on the Long Island sand
我们在长岛沙滩上租了一间房子
Where work in the city was close at hand
在城里工作近在咫尺
In the summer we swam in the Montauk Bay
夏天我们在蒙陶克湾游泳
And England felt so far away from New York
英国感觉离纽约好遥远
New York state was good to me
纽约对我很好
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
因为我找到了妻子组建了家庭
If anyone asks what it means to me
如果有人问这对我意味着什么
Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
这是我在纽约离家最近的地方
New York
纽约
And it may sound strange that an Englishman
听起来可能很奇怪一个英国人
Should lose his heart to a foreign land
应该对异国他乡失去真心
Maybe it's because I've a'been away
也许是因为我离你很远
Too long from her it's hard to say New York
离开她太久了很难说是纽约
New York state was good to me
纽约对我很好
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
因为我找到了妻子组建了家庭
If anyone asks what it means to me
如果有人问这对我意味着什么
Well it's the nearest to home I'll ever be in New York
这是我在纽约离家最近的地方
New York
纽约
New York
纽约