I was goin' round the world,

I was looking for somewhere,

I was searchin' for someone,

Who was gonna take me there,



Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,

You're really only livin' in a state of mind,



I was thinkin' of the past,

I was tryin' to wrack my brain,

I was looking at the future,

I was trying to play the game,



Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,

You're really only livin' in a state of mind,



Sometimes you get lost; sometimes you get found,

In a state of mind,

Sometimes you're too high; sometimes you're too down,

It's just a state of mind,



Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,

You're really only livin' in a state of mind,



Sometimes you get lost; sometimes you get found,

In a state of mind,

Sometimes you're too high; sometimes you're too down,

It's just a state of mind,



You think you know it all,

Then you think that you know nothing,

Can't dance; can't crawl,

Maybe you better forget it,



Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,

You're really only livin' in a state of mind.