Teardrops on the city 
Bad Scooter searching for his grove 
It's like the whole world walking pretty 
And you can't find the room to move 
Well everybody better move over that's all 
I'm running on the bad side 
With my back to the wall 
Tenth Avenue freeze-out 
Tenth Avenue freeze-out 

I'm stranded in the jungle 
Taking 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 
She hit me with a Tenth Avenue freeze-out 
Tenth Avenue freeze-out 
And I'm all alone 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 
The little pretties raise there hands 
I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh 
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half 
With a Tenth Avenue freeze-out 
Tenth Avenue freeze-out 
Tenth Avenue freeze-out