Handsome reader reads through the dappled shadows Light was pouring down upon the stepping stones Felt like morning coming for his throne I don't know why but it looked like a tiger striped sky Half the world was pulling on his colours As nights turned into day to the hours A glow was coming down, coming down I don't know but it felt like a tiger striped sky Tell me why I'm underneath the tiger striped sky Oh, tell me why I'm underneath the tiger striped sky Tired of seeing adventures on café walls Think I'll take a turn from the known road Think I'll write a tale of my own I'm going southbound to where the ocean's flirting with the coast Tell me why I'm underneath the tiger striped sky Oh, tell me why I'm underneath the tiger striped sky So I'll be giving up my stripes Be painting with new colours Beginning with dove-white Oh, I'll be giving up my stripes Be painting with new colours Beginning with dove-white I'll be giving up my stripes Be painting with new colours Beginning with dove-white I'll be giving up my stripes Be painting with new colours Beginning with dove-white