TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT

Live 15 Aug 1975 (early show) version

One, two, three!

Huh, huh!

Teardrops on the city
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Seem like the whole world's walking pretty
And you can't find the room to move
Everybody better move over, that's all
I'm running on the bad side
And I got my back to the wall, hey!

Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out

I was stranded in the jungle
Trying to take in all the heat they was giving
Well, the night is dark and the sidewalk 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

Well, I'm all alone, I'm on my own
[Clarence Clemons:] Kid, you better get the picture
And I'm all, I'm all alone, I'm on my own
And I can't go home

Well, that change was made uptown
And the Big Man joined the band
From the coastline to the city
The little pretties raise their hands
Yes, say it, there!
I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half, uh!
Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Tenth Avenue freeze-out
Hit it, boys!
(Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
I'm talkin' 'bout a Tenth, (Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
I'm talkin' 'bout a Tenth, (Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
I'm talkin' 'bout a Tenth, (Tenth Avenue freeze-out)
I'm talkin' 'bout, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Burn it!

Hit it!

Yes, oh, oh, it's all right
Yes it is

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 15 Aug 1975 (early show) performance of TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT at Bottom Line in New York City, NY, during the Born To Run Tour. The song was played in a full-band, album-style arrangement.

The 15 Aug 1975 Early Show

In August 1975, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band performed a 5-night stand at Bottom Line in New York City, NY, from 13 to 17 Aug 1975. They played two shows each night, an early one at 8:30 p.m. and a late one at 11:30 p.m. All ten shows were sold-out. The early 15 Aug 1975 show was broadcast live by New York's WNEW-FM.

Promotional poster for the August 1975 five-night residency at Bottom Line, New York City, NY

Ticket stub for the 15 Aug 1975 show at Bottom Line, New York City, NY
(Taken from Brucebase)

The 15 Aug 1975 radio broadcast from Bottom Line was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- The Complete Bottom Line And Roxy Theater Broadcasts 1975

4xCD - Air Cuts (AC4CD7010) - UK, 2015

This release contains the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line and the 17 Oct 1975 early show broadcast from The Roxy Theatre.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- The Complete Bottom Line Broadcast 1975

3xLP - Air Cuts (AC3LP7010A) - UK, 2015

This release contains the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- A Saint In The City

LP - Bad Joker (BOSS 5-2010) - EU, 2016

This release contains part of the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- New York 1975 - The Greenwich Village Broadcast

2xCD - Hobo (HB018) - Europe, 2017

This release contains the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- New York 1975 - The Greenwich Village Broadcast Volume 1

2xLP - Parachute Recording Company (PARA179LP) - UK, 2019

This release contains part 1 of 2 of the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- New York 1975 - The Greenwich Village Broadcast Volume 2

2xLP - Parachute Recording Company (PARA180LP) - UK, 2019

This release contains part 2 of 2 of the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line.

Bruce Springsteen -- Thunder Road - Live

20xCD - KP Music (SPRING01) - Europe, 2020

This release contains the 31 Jul 1973 broadcast from My Father's Place, the 03 Mar 1974 late show broadcast from Georgetown University, the 09 Mar 1974 KLOL-FM radio broadcast, the 05 Feb 1975 broadcast from The Main Point, the 15 Aug 1975 early show broadcast from Bottom Line, the 17 Oct 1975 early show broadcast from The Roxy Theatre, the 09 Aug 1978 broadcast from The Agora, the 30 Sep 1978 broadcast from Fox Theatre, the 05 Jun 1992 broadcast from Hollywood, the 20 Aug 1994 show with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers at Marz American Style, plus some various TV performances from 1992-1995.

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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