I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Buck Owens & Harlan Howard
 
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail, it's plain to  see;
I won't be much when you get thru' with me.
Well,I'm a losing weight and a turnin' 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.
But now, the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my  sail
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 thru' with me.
Well,I'm a losing weight and a turnin' mighty pale.
Looks like I've Got A  Tiger By The Tail.
 
Well, ev'ry night you drag me where the bright lights are found;          There ain't no    way to  slow you   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 thru' with me.
Well,I'm a losing weight and a turnin' mighty pale.
Looks like I've Got A  Tiger By The Tail.