Song title: 10th avenue freeze-out
10th avenue freeze-out
Tear drops 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
I’m running on the bad side
And I got 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, 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 a Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out… Notes:
Jazz musician could be an early take of this.
Published on the following official releases:
- BORN TO RUN (Album,1975)
- 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (MONO/STEREO) (7 in.,1975)
- 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT / SHE'S THE ONE (7 in.,1975)
- BORN TO RUN / 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT (7 in.,1976)
- LAST AMERICAN HERO FROM ASBURY PARK, NJ (LP,1978)
- FIRE-FOR YOU/BORN TO RUN-NO SURRENDER-10TH…. (12 in.,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 (Album,1986)
- LIVE 1975-1985 SAMPLER (LP,1986)
- LIVE(!) 1975-1985 (LP,1986)
- LIVE IN NY CITY (Album,2001)
- LIVE IN NY CITY - DVD (Album,2001)
- BORN TO RUN 30TH ANNIVERSARY (Album,2005)
- THE PROMISE-DVD3 (Album,2010)
- THE TIES THAT BIND : TEMPE 1980 (Album,2015)
- SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (Album,2018)
First known live performance: 20/07/1975 Palace Theatre, Providence,RI ,USA
Last known live performance: 15/12/2018 Walter Kerr Theatre, New York,NY ,USA
Song 'history':
Recorded during the 1974 and/or Born to Run sessions (and released on the BORN TO RUN ALBUM)
Largely (132 times) played during the Born to Run tour
A discrete number of performances (44) was given during the Darkness tour
Often played during the River tour (91 times)
Not much used during the 1982-1984 period, during which Bruce played, with various small groups or guesting, in a number of bars and small clubs of the New Jersey area, deserving only 3 renderings
26 perfomances were given during the Born in the U.S.A. tour
The song (in live version) was then included in the 'LIVE 1975-85' box set
Often played during the Tunnel of Love tour (36 times)
Played, in acoustic version, at the Christic Shows in LA, 16/17-Nov-1990.
One only performance during the Human Touch tour (24/06/1993 Meadowlands Arena, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA)
Bruce performed this song during each show of the Reunion tour
The last NY show(s) of the Reunion Tour were released in both CD and DVD (more songs) 'LIVE IN NYC', which included also this song
Just 4 shots during the Rising tour
The Magic tour counted 33 apparitions of this song
Often played during the Working on a Dream tour (42 times)
Published in live version in the 3rd DVD: House Cut 'Houston '78 of 'The Promise'
A real milestone of each setlist of the Wrecking Ball tour, with only one absence
Played each night of the High Hopes tour
Published in live version in the DVD: 'Tempe 80' of 'THE TIES THAT BIND'
Widely used in the 2016 The River tour, as it was performed 59 times
Published in live soundtrack of 'Springsteen on Broadway' show
Performed 14 times during the 2017 Summer tour
A stable inclusion in each Springsteen on Broadway tour show
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database