The song New York State of Mind is performed by Billy Joel in the album named 12 Gardens: Live (2CD) in the year 2006 .
Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighbourhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've 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
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
I've left them all behind
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
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
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
'Cause I'm in a New York state of mind
Billy Joel - 12 Gardens: Live (2CD)
- Angry Young man
- My Life
- Everybody Loves You Now
- Billy the Kid
- The Entertainer
- Vienna
- New York State of Mind
- The Night is Still young
- Zanzibar
- Miami 2017
- The Great Wall of China
- Allentown
- She's Right on Time
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Laura
- Goodnight Saigon
- Movin Out
- An Innocent man
- The Downeaster Alexa
- Always a Woman
- Keeping the Faith
- River of Dreams
- A Matter of Trust
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- Big Shot
- You May Be Right
- Only the Good Die Young
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- Piano Man
- And So it Goes