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   I've seen all the movie stars     In their fancy cars and their limousines  Been high in the Rockies   Under the evergreens  But I know what I'm needing   And I don't want to waste more time  I'm in a New York state of mind   It was so easy living day by day  Out of touch with the rhythm and blues  And now I need a little give and take  The New York Times     The Daily News  It comes down to reality     And that's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide  Don't care if it's Chinatown   or on the 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     I've left them all behind  I'm in a New York state of mind   I'm taking a Greyhound     On the Hudson River Line  I'm in a New York...  I'm in a New York...     State of mind  New York state of mind  (transcribed by Roman )