Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 

 

 

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1. Teardrops in the city, Bad Scooter searching for his groove.
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Seem like the whole world walking pretty and you can’t find room to move.
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Well, everybody better move over, that’s all,
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‘cause I’m running on the bad side and I got my back to the wall. 

 

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2. Well, I was stranded in the jungle trying to take in 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. I walked into a… 

 

Refr.. 

 

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Mid. And I’m all        alone,  I’m all alone.
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And I’m on my    own,   I’m on my own,  and I can’t go home. 

 

3. When the charge was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band.
From the coastline to the city all the little pretties raise their hands.
I’m gonna sit back right easy and laugh
when the Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half, with the… 

 

Refr. 

 

End. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out!