Teardrops on the city   Bad Scooter searching for his groove   Seem like the whole world walking pretty   And you can't find the room to move   Well everybody better move over, that's all   'Cause I'm running on the bad side   And I got my back to the wall   Tenth Avenue freeze-out   Tenth Avenue freeze-out      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 Tenth Avenue freeze-out   Tenth Avenue freeze-out   And I'm all alone, I'm 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   All the little pretties raise their hands   I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh   When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half   With the Tenth Avenue freeze-out   Tenth Avenue freeze-out