SRV - Tightrope, The House Is Rockin'

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble play their songs “Tightrope” and “The House Is Rockin'” at the Tonight Show on June 7th, 1990. Johnny Carson was technically the host, but Jay Leno was guest hosting that night.

Lyrics:
“Tightrope”
Caught up in a whirlwind can’t catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water broke out in a cold sweat
Can’t catch a turtle in this rat race
Feels like I’m losin’ time at a breakneck pace
Afraid of my own shadow in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness spotlight on my face
There was love all around me but I was lookin’ for revenge
Thank God it never found me would have been the end
walkin’ the tightrope steppin’ on my friends
Walkin’ the tightrope (it) was a shame and a sin
Walkin’ the tightrope between wrong and right
Walkin’ the tightrope both day and night
Lookin’ back in front of me in the mirror’s a grin
Through eyes of love I see I’m really lookin’ at a friend
We’ve all had our problems that’s the way life is
My heart goes out to others who are there to make amends
We’ve been walkin’ the tightrope tryin’ to make it right
Walkin’ the tightrope every day and every night
Walkin’ the tightrope bring it all around
Walkin’ the tightrope from the lost to found
Walkin’ the tightrope stretched around the world
Walkin’ the tightrope save the boys and girls
Walkin’ the tightrope let’s make it right
Walkin’ the tightrope do it do it tonight
Walkin’ the tightrope

Songwriters: Vaughan Stevie Ray / Bramhall Doyle
Tightrope lyrics © Reservoir 416, Soberay Music, Reservoir Media Management (ireland) Limited, Ray Vaughan Music Inc, Ray Vaughan Music Inc.

“The House Is Rockin'”
Well the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Yeah the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Yeah the house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on in

Kick off your shoes start losin’ the blues
This old house ain’t got nothin’ to lose
Seen it all for years start spreadin’ the news
We got room on the floor come on baby shake sumpin’ loose

Well the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Yeah the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Yeah the house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on in

Walkin’ up the street you can hear the sound
Of some bad honky tonkers really layin’ it down
They’ve seen it all for years and got nothin’ to lose
So get down on the floor shimmy ’til you shake sumpin’ loose

Well the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Yeah the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Yeah the house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on in

I said the house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on in