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