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 the Greyhound

On the Hudson River Line

I'm in a New York state of mind, yeah



Comes down to reality

And it's fine with me cause I've let it slide

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

I don't have any reasons

I've left them all behind

I'm in a New York state of mind



Yeahh ohhhhh yeahhhhh wohhhhaa oohhh

New York state of mind

Ohh, I'm in a New York state of mind