It used to be easy, now I'm doin' my time   Workin' so hard I got a pain in my side   Runnin' up a hill tryin' to catch my breath   Nowhere to go when I need some rest   Where do I hide, take me away   From this lonely state of mind   I've got to say, it's time to play tonight      Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride   Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   I've been doing my best but there's one regret   That I live in this state of mind      My phone machine's beeping and it's hurting my head   Twenty-eight messages, I said   People come and go like a thief in the night   Taking my heart, stealing my time   Papers and dreams, what does it mean   When I'm in this state of mind   Polite as I seem, I want to scream inside      Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride   Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   I've been doing my best but there's one regret   That I live in this state of mind      Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride   Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   I've been doing my best but there's one regret   That I live in this state of mind      Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living   But it's only just a state of mind   I've been doing my best but there's one regret   That I live in this state of mind