Songwriters: BRAMHALLY, DOYLE / VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY
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 

(I was) 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