Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood

Hop a flight to Miami Beach or Hollywood

But I'm taking a greyhound or a Hudson River line.

Cause I'm in a New York state of mind.

I've seen all of the movie stars with their fancy cars and their limousines.

Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens.

I know what I'm needing and I don't want to waste no time.

Cause I'm in a New York state of mind.

Well, it was so easy living day by day.

Out of touch with the rhythm and blues.

But not.

Need a little, little, little give and take

Like the New York Times or the Daily News.

But it comes down to reality And it's fine with me Cause I let it slide

Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside.

I don't have no reasons and I left them all.

Behind Cause I'm in a New York

State of mind

New York, New York, New York.

State of mind.

I ain't got no reasons.

I got all the time.

Cause I'm in New York, New York

State of mind.