Live 17 Jun 1999 version
[Spoken intro:] Are you ready to travel? Are you ready to travel? Are you ready to travel? We've got to head north, we've got to head north, I need the train, we're going to New York City, now! Come on!
Yeah, yeah, you should learn to...
Oh, a little bit louder, now, little!
Are you ready to get louder, now?
Oh, yeah, oh!
Are you ready to get louder, now?
One, two!
Let me get it, let me get it!
Oh, God!
Teardrops on the city
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Yeah, like that whole world walking pretty
But you can't find the room to move
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
Taking all the heat they were giving
Oh, the night is dark and 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
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it, now!
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Come on, man!
Well, I'm all alone, I'm all alone
[Clarence Clemons:] 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
Hit me, band!
Max!
[Spoken:] Easy, now! I'm a sex machine! In my dreams! Hit me! I feel some Tom Jones coming on me, now! I feel the ghost of Tom Jones about to hit me! (chuckles) Oh! Choo! (chuckles) Have courage, boys!
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)
It's all right (it's all right)
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 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 moving (keep on moving)
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)
Little bit high!
[Spoken:] All right, let's see who's on Tenth Avenue tonight! I think I see the Professor – play it for me, Roy! Come on, man! One, two, three, four! Come on, man! That's right. Play it, Steve! Whoa! Stevie Van Zandt on the guitar! The most educated man in rock and roll, Professor Roy Bittan on piano! All right, let's see who else we got back there, come on, Garry! Yeah! Kick it, now! Mr. Garry Tallent on the bass! Come on, Max! Whoa! Yeah! Mighty Max Weinberg, the master of the big beat, on the drums! Ah, come on, Nils! A-one, two, three, now! Whoa! Nils Lofgren on the guitar! I feel a spirit! I feel a spirit! I feel a spirit! Yeah, come on, now, man. Come on, Danny! Whoa! Dan Federici on the organ! Let the girls say, "Yeah!" And the boys say, "Uh!" (chuckles) That reminds me... That reminds me...
Brunettes is fine, blondes is fun
But when it come to getting a dirty job done
I need a
(Red headed woman)
Oh, wait for me, now
(Red headed woman)
Oh, come on, now, give it!
(Red headed woman)
Oh, yes, I need it, now
(Red headed woman)
Oh, just a little bit
(Red headed woman)
Yeah, in the midnight hour, boy
(Red headed woman)
Oh, in the morning, now
(Red headed woman)
Yeah, now, I'm looking for a
(Red headed woman)
Oh, man, I've got to find a
(Red headed woman)
Yeah, man, I'm searching for a
(Red headed woman)
Oh, man, I've got to find a
(Red headed woman)
Oh!
[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
[Spoken:] Oh, hit it! Miss Patti Scialfa on the vocals and guitar! Oh, man! You can say that! I've got to testify about my love! (chuckles) Oh, that's about it, I guess, that's, I guess that's everybody, you know? No? Habe ich jemand vergessen? Habe ich jemand vergessen? Wem? Wem? Wem? Wem? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who? Say who?
Oh, and they made that change uptown
And the Big Man joined the band
From the coastline to the city
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)
Everybody form a line
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
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)
Oh, Max!
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Come on, Roy!
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Oh, oh!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Whoa, whoa, ooh, ooh!
Oh yeah, it's all right, now
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
Whoa, eee!
[Spoken outro:] Did I tell you again? Did I tell you again? Didn't I, oh, I did, I did! Back to you! The E Street Band! The E Street Band! The E Street Band! Yes, it is!
The above lyrics are for the live 17 Jun 1999 performance of TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT at Weserstadion in Bremen, 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 Sam & Dave's SOUL MAN for his solo and Garry Tallent played a snippet from The Animals' WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE for his.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
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TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT [Album version]
