Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) (Live at Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland - July 1985) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Went down to tin pan alley

See what was going on

Things was too hot down there

Couldn't stay very long

Hey hey hey hey

Alley's the roughest place i've ever been

All the people down there

Lord they are livin' for their whisky wine and gin

She get up in the mornin

Before the break a day

Before she can wash her face and hand

You know she really did go away

Hey hey hey you tell

What kinda place can this here alley be

Well now every women i get here

Every women i get to know

This alley takes her away from me

I heard a pistol shoot

Yeah and it was a 44

Somebody killed a crap shooter

Cause he didn't shake rattle and roll

Hey hey hey hey

What kinda place can a alley be

All those people down there

Lord they are livin' for their whisky wine and gin

I heard a woman scream

Yeah and i peeked through the door

Some cat was workin' on annie with a

Lord lord with a two by four

Hey hey hey hey

Alley's the roughest place i've ever been

All the people down there

Lord they are killin' for their whisky wine and gin

I saw a cop standing there

With hand on his gun

Said this is a raid boy now

Run run nobody run

Hey hey hey hey

Alley's the roughest place i've ever been

Yeah they took me away from alley

Lord they took me right back to the pen