Live 24 Jun 1999 version
[Spoken intro:] I can't stop yet! I can't stop yet! I can't stop yet! I can't stop yet!
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
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
Yeah, now, the night is dark and the sidewalk's bright
Lined with the light of the living
From a tenement window a transistor blast
Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it, say it again!
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Come on, now!
Well, I'm all alone, I'm all alone
[Clarence Clemons:] Now, kid, you'd better get the picture!
Man, I'm on my own, I'm on my own
Oh, and I can't find my way back home, now
Hit me, say!
Oh, yeah!
What's that?
What's that?
What's that?
Max!
[Spoken:] That's all I can do! I can't do no more! What's that? Oh, that, you, you, you, you say, what what'd you say? Hah, are you talking to me? Are you – yeah! Don't talk to me like that, now! Ah, don't talk to me like that! Max! I'm a sex machine! In my dreams! (chuckles) Oh, look out, now!
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)
Ooh, 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)
Oh, I say, it's all right (it's all right)
Yeah, it's all right (it's all right)
Boys, (it's all right)
Ah, come on, girls! (it's all right)
I'm confused myself!
Keep on pushing (keep on pushing)
Move on up, now (move on up, now)
Keep on pushing (keep on pushing)
Move on up, now (move on up, now)
Ooh, little bit higher (little bit higher)
Little bit harder (little bit harder)
A little bit higher (a little bit higher)
A little bit high!
Max!
[Spoken:] Ah, let's see who's on Tenth Avenue tonight! Come on, Roy! Whoa! Professor Roy Bittan on the piano. Come on, play it, Steve! Yeah, got me! Little Steven on the guitar! Come on, Garry! (laughs) Oh, we're getting nasty, there!
I'm driving in my car
I turn on the radio
I'm pulling you close
Oh, but you just say, "No"
You say you don't like it
Oh, but you can't hide your desire, babe
'Cause when we kiss, oh, (fire)
Oh, that's right, now
(Fire)
Yeah, man! Oh, yeah!
[Spoken:] Come on, Max, are you ready? On the drums! Whoa! (chuckles) What song am I singing, wait a minute! (chuckles) Come on, Nils! Yeah! Nils Lofgren on the guitar! Max Weinberg on the drums! Garry Tallent on the bass! And I can feel the spirit! Oh, come on, Danny, now! (laughs) Whoa! Dan Federici on the organ! Now, wait a minute, now! Wait just a minute.
I'm looking, I'm searching
I'm looking, I'm searching
I'm looking here and there, I'm searching everywhere
(I'm looking here and there, I'm searching everywhere)
I said, I'm looking here and there, I'm searching everywhere
('m looking here and there, I'm searching everywhere)
I said, I'm looking for my love
I said, (I'm looking for my love)
I said, I'm looking for my love, now
I said, (I'm looking for my love, now)
I said, I'm looking for my love, now
I said, (I'm looking for my love, now)
I said, I'm searching for my love, now
(I'm searching for my love, now)
Oh, Patti, hey!
[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 guitar and vocals! I've got to testify to my baby! Whoa! Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, that must be everybody, I think I said, five, you got to hold on to it! A heart stays cool! Wait, but I don't know, you know, you know, well, I... Eee! You know, something just bothering me right now, it's just bothering me, we only got a little ways into that song, it just doesn't feel quite right. Something is just bothering me. Uh, uh, but I, yeah, yeah, Fire, go to the bridge! Are you ready, Big Man?
You had a hold on me right from the start
A grip so tight I couldn't tear it apart
My nerves all jumping, acting like a fool
My kisses they burn, but your heart (stays cool)
Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
But, baby, you can bet their love they couldn't deny
Yours words say split, yeah, but your words they lie
Oh, when we kiss
Oh, fire
Oh, one more time, now
(Fire)
Oh, one more time, now
(Fire)
Oh, one more time, now
(Fire)
Oh, one more time, now
(Fire)
Oh, ah, one more time, yeah
(Fire)
I'm coming to get you, now
(Fire)
I'm coming to get you, man!
(Fire)
Oh, 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)
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)
Everybody form a line
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Say it one more time
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
Let's finish it, Max!
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, come on!
Whoa, ooh!
Oh yeah, it's all right, now
It's all right, it's all right
It's all right, yeah, yeah!
[Spoken outro:] The E Street Band! The E Street Band! The E Street Band! Let's hear it for yourself, now!
The above lyrics are for the live 24 Jun 1999 performance of TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT at Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden, 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, FIRE, The Valentinos' LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE, 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.
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]