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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: In Step
Released: 1989

Riviera Paradise Lyrics

Riviera Paradise

This is a soulful instrumental. After a full day of recording material for the album, Stevie asked his producer to leave the tape running and to turn down the lights. All alone, he recorded the guitar track on his Fender Strat. Double Trouble added the backing later, including an organ foundation from Reese Wynans.

On the Austin City Limits performance, Stevie introduced this by saying it was "For all the hurting people in the world." (thanks, Paul - Greenwood, SC, for above 2)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: In Step
Released: 1989

Crossfire Lyrics

Day by day,night after night
Blinded by the neon lights
Hurry here, hustlin' there
No one's got the time to spare
Money's tight, nothin' free
Won't somebody come and rescue me?
I am stranded, caught in the Crossfire
Stranded, caught in the crossfire

Tooth for tooth, eye for an eye
Sell your soul just to buy, buy, buy
Beggin' a dollar, stealin' a dime
Come on can't you see that I
I am stranded ,caught in the crossfire
I am stranded, caught in the crossfire

I need some kind of kindness, some kind of sympathy oh, no
We're stranded, caught in the crossfire

Save the strong lose the weak
Never turning the other cheek
Trust nobody don't be no fool
Whatever happened to the golden rule?
We got stranded, caught in the crossfire
We got stranded, caught in the crossfire
We got stranded, caught in the crossfire
Stranded, caught in the crossfire
Help me

Writer/s: THOMAS SMEDLEY, REESE WYNANS, BILL CARTER, RUTH ELLSWORTH, CHRIS LAYTON
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, LITTLE BROTHER MUSIC INC.
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In Step was Stevie's first album after he stopped drinking, and is dedicated to sobriety. The album title is a reference to the 12 step program for alcoholics. The songs on the album refer to the pressures of life that lead to alcohol abuse, but show how you can still rock out even when you are sober.

This was written by the Austin-based songwriter Bill Carter and his wife/songwriting partner Ruth Ellsworth. The pair also wrote "Willie The Wimp" for Vaughan and Why Get Up?, which was recorded by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Carter was in a band with Johnny Depp called P! in the mid-'90s.

Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, all of whom were members of Vaughan's band Double Trouble, also got a songwriting credit on this track.

Stevie was tragically killed in a helicopter crash on Aug 27 1990, moments after sharing the stage (and guitar jam) with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and brother Jimmy Vaughan. (thanks, Brad - Brisbane, Australia)