Live 15 Jun 1999 version
One, two, three, four!
Teardrops on the city
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Like that whole world walking pretty
And you can't find the room to move
Oh, everybody better move over, that's all
Running on the bad side
With my back to the wall, now
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it, say it again
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
I was stranded in the jungle
Trying to take in all the heat they were giving
Yeah, now, the night is dark and the sidewalk 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
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it, say it again
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Well, I'm all alone, I'm all alone
<span class="spoken">[Clarence Clemons:]</span> Now, kid, you'd better get the picture!
I'm on my own, I'm on my own
Oh, and I can't find my way back home, now
Say!
Hey!
[Spoken:] That's all I can do! I can't do it no more! I'm a sex machine! (chuckles) In my dreams! Ah, wait a minute! I think I got one more left! (chuckles) Let me see! Uh, eh, yeah, yeah, uh, uh... Max! It's not unusual to be loved by anyone! I'm feeling a little Tom Jones-y! I got the ghost of Tom Jones going right now, baby. I'm feeling the ghost of Tom Jones in the air! (chuckles) Here we go!
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right, now (it's all right, now)
It's all right (it's all right)
Yeah, it's all right, now (it's all right, now)
It's all right to have a good time (it's all right to have a good time)
It's all right to have a good time (it's all right to have a good time)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right, now (it's all right, now)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right, now (it's all right, now)
It's all right to have a good time (it's all right to have a good time)
It's all right to have a good time (it's all right to have a good time)
Keep on moving (keep on moving)
Move on up, now (move on up, now)
Keep on pushing (keep on pushing)
Move on up, now (move on up, now)
A little bit higher (a little bit higher)
A little bit harder (a little bit harder)
Little bit higher (little bit higher)
Ooh!
[Spoken:] (chuckles) That's good! (chuckles) Let's see who's on Tenth Avenue tonight, come on, Roy! That's it. Hey, Professor Roy Bittan on the piano! Come on, Steve! Whoa! He can't get no satisfaction, still! Stevie Van Zandt on the guitar! Come on, Garry! Ah, Garry Tallent on the bass guitar! Ah, we need some drums, now. Come on, Max! Let's go! Whoa! Mighty Max Weinberg! International television star on the drums. Come on, Nils! Yeah, Nils Lofgren on the guitar! Yeah, I feel the spirit, now. Oh, I feel the spirit, now. Come on, Danny! Whoa! Phantom Dan Federici on the organ! Hey, now, na, na, na, na, na. Yeah, that's right. Oh! Now, sometimes I get so lonely in the middle of the night! In the middle of the afternoon, too! (chuckles) I got to think, I think, uh... Wait a minute, now... Wait a minute, now... Wait a minute, now...
Brunettes are fine, blondes are fun
But when it come to getting a dirty job done
I need a
(Red headed woman)
Oh, man, I'm looking for a
(Red headed woman)
I got to find myself a
(Red headed woman)
Yeah, now, I'm looking for a
(Red headed woman)
I got to find myself a
(Red headed woman)
Ooh, yeah, I'm looking for a
(Red headed woman)
Says, I've got to find myself a
(Red headed woman)
Oh, I been a-searching for a
(Red headed woman)
Oh, are you ready, baby?
(Red headed woman)
Oh, are you ready, baby?
[Patti Scialfa:] Baby, take a walk in toy land
[Patti Scialfa:] Be my hero, play the part
[Patti Scialfa:] I'm falling down hard from salvation
[Patti Scialfa:] Come protect this china heart
[Patti Scialfa:] Though my party dress is torn, I still
[Patti Scialfa:] Walk and talk and cry and crawl
[Patti Scialfa:] I've got no one on my arm
[Patti Scialfa:] I am just a rumble doll</p>
[Spoken:] Miss Patti Scialfa on the guitar and vocals! Oh, that's right! Let me think. Habe ich jemand vergessen? Habe ich jemand vergessen? Did I forget somebody? I don't know, did I forget somebody? Wem? Wem? Say who? Say what? Say who? Say what? Say who? Say what? Say who? Say what? Say who? Say what? Say who? Say what? Say who?
Oh, then they made that change uptown
And the Big Man joined the band
From the coastline to the city
All the little pretties raise their hand
I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it, say it again
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it one more time
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Oh, one more time
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, say it one more time
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Everybody form a line
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it one more time
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Everybody say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say,
say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say!
Yeah
Whoa, ooh
Oh yeah, it's all right, now
It's all right
It's all right, now
It's all right
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
[Spoken outro:] The E Street Band! The E Street Band! The E Street Band!
The above lyrics are for the live 15 Jun 1999 performance of TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT at Stadion Am Bieberer Berg in Offenbach, Germany, during The Reunion Tour. The song was played in a heavily extended full-band version including band introductions and a variety of interpolated songs and song snippets: The Impressions' IT'S ALRIGHT, Curtis Mayfield's MOVE ON UP, RED HEADED WOMAN, and Patti Scialfa's RUMBLE DOLL. Steven Van Zandt also played a snippet from The Rolling Stones' (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION for his solo and Garry Tallent played a snippet from The Beatles' DAY TRIPPER for his.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake).
List of available versions of TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT on this website:
TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT [Album version]