Some folks like to get away
   Take a holiday from the neighborhood
   Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
   But I'm taking a Greyhound
   On the Hudson River line
   I'm in a New York state of mind
   Seen all those movie stars
   And their fancy cars and their limousines
   Been high in the Rockies, under the evergreens
   But I know what I'm needin'
   And I don't wanna waste more time
   I'm in a New York state of mind
   It was so easy livin' day by day
   Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
   But now I need a little give and take
   The New York Times and the Daily News
   Comes down to reality
   And it's fine with me cause I've let it slide
   I don't care if it's Chinatown or up on Riverside
   I don't have any reasons
   I've left them all behind
   I'm in a New York state of mind.
   I don't have any reasons
   Cause I left them all behind
   I'm in a New York, I'm in a New York state of mind...