Tear drops on the city, bad scooter searching for his groove
seem like the whole world walking pretty and you can't find the room to move
well, everybody better move over, that's all
'cause i'm running on the bad side and i got my back to the wall
tenth avenue freeze-out
tenth avenue freeze-out
Well, i was stranded in the jungle trying to take in all the heat they was giving
the night is dark but the sidewalk's bright and lined with the light of the living
from a tenement window a transistor blasts
turn around the corner, things got real quiet real fast
i walked into a tenth avenue freeze-out
tenth avenue freeze-out
And i'm all alone, i'm all alone
(and kid, you better get the picture)
and i'm on my own, i'm on my own
and i can't go home
When the change was made uptown and the big man joined the band
from the coastline to the city, all the little pretties raise their hands
i'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
when scooter and the big man bust this city in half
with the tenth avenue freeze-out
tenth avenue freeze-out
tenth avenue freeze-out
tenth avenue freeze
i'm talking 'bout a tenth
oh, nothing but a tenth
i'm talking 'bout a tenth
i'm talking bout a tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth
tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, i'm talking 'bout a
tenth avenue freeze-out
(fade out)