Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus 1]
Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out

[Verse 2]
Well, I was stranded in the jungle
Tryin' to take in all the heat they was giving

The night is dark but the sidewalks 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

[Chorus 2]
I walked into a Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out

[Bridge]
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

[Verse 3]
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


[Chorus 3]
With a Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth avenue freeze-out
Tenth avenue freeze-out
Tenth avenue freeze-out


[Outro]
Talking about the Tenth
Eah, talking about the Tenth
I'm talking about the Tenth
Eah, talking about the Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth
Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth, Tenth
I'm talking about the Tenth, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth avenue freeze-out
Tenth avenue freeze-out

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One of Bruce’s most popular live songs, this number tells a mythologized version of the formation of the E Street Band

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What did Bruce Springsteen say about "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"?
Genius Answer

When Springsteen was asked what the song title ment in an interview, he said:

I still have no idea what it means. But it’s important.>

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