I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - Lyrics - Harlan Howard

Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists. Howard was married to country singer Jan Howard. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997.

I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see And I won't be much when you get through with me I'm losing weight and turning mighty pale and it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail Now I've 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 the sails And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail I've got a tiger by the tail... Now every night you drag me where the bright lights are found There ain't no way to slow you down And 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 looks like I've got a tiger by the tail