New York State of Mind (America: A Tribute to Heroes Concert for NY) Songtext
von Billy Joel

Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighbourhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
Me I′m taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind

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
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News


And it 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
Left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind, oh yeah

It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch, out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
New York Post, Newsday too, woah

And it comes right down to reality
And it′s fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
I don′t care if it′s Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
Left them all behind
I′m in the New York state of mind

I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
′Cause I'm in a, I′m in a New York state of mind