Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighbourhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood, yeah, yeah
Me I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars
With their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
But I know what I'm needing
I don't want to waste more time
I'm in a New York state of mind
Comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside drive, yeah
I don't have any reasons
I've just left them all behind
It is called a New York state of mind
Take a holiday from the neighbourhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood, yeah, yeah
Me I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars
With their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
But I know what I'm needing
I don't want to waste more time
I'm in a New York state of mind
Comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside drive, yeah
I don't have any reasons
I've just left them all behind
It is called a New York state of mind