Tear drops on the city Bad scooter searching for his groove The whole world walking pretty But you can't find the room to move Well everybody better move over, that's all Running on the bad side I got my back to the wall Tenth avenue freeze-out, tenth avenue freeze-out Tenth avenue freeze-out, tenth avenue freeze-out Stranded in the jungle Trying to take 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 I walk into a tenth avenue freeze-out Tenth avenue freeze-out, tenth avenue freeze-out Tenth avenue freeze-out When the change was made uptown And the big man he joined the band From the coastline to the city All the little babies raise their 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