I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)



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 I'm turning mighty pale

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

Now the pace we're livin' 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 I'm turning mighty pale

Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.



Well, every night you drag me where the bright lights're found

There ain't no way for him to settle 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 I'm turning mighty pale

Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.



Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail...