I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
 
 I won't be much when you get through with me
 
 Well, I'm a losing weight and turning mighty pale
 
 It looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
 
  
  Well, I thought the day I met you
 
 You were meek as a lamb
 
 Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
 
 But now the pace we're living
 
 Takes the wind from my sails
 
 And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
  
 
 I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
 
 I won't be much when you get through with me
 
 Well, I'm a losing weight and turning mighty pale
 
 It looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
  
 
 Every night you drag me where the bright lights are found
 
 There ain't no way to slow me down
 
 I'm about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
 
 And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
  
 
 I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
 
 I won't be much when you get through with me
 
 Well, I'm a losing weight and turning mighty pale
 
 It looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
  
 
 Well, it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail