What a shock it was so surprising You looked so small and frail I didn't know what to do I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail People said that you must be joking You let emotions run away with you I realized a little too late I bit off more than i could chew I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail Sometimes you grip it right And sometimes you fail I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail At times life can be so enlightening But it can turn on you Lately it gets so complicated I don't know what the tiger will do I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail Sometimes you grip it right And sometimes you fail I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail Sometimes you grip it right And sometimes you fail I grabbed the tiger by the tail