Paper Tigers

verse 1: Well I've been huddled up alone By the fire even though I'm not exactly feeling cold And I've been bundled up for days Too confused to be amazed At all the icy water in my veins Pre-Chorus Why do I feel so alone? verse 2: Yeah I've been moving in and out Of this old split-level house And I?d just as soon burn the whole place down ?Cause I quit working lumberyards To build a mansion out of cards But I feel thin behind these paper walls Pre-Chorus Why do I feel so alone? Cause the angriest bark Is always worse than the bite Like the ache in my chest That my heart didn?t invite But if the prettiest romance Isn?t perfectly right That makes every love lost Just a holiday every night Interlude (x2): verse 3: Well I've been painting through the night In the basement out of sight Brushing paper tigers black and white ?Cause come tomorrow afternoon I?ll fill a helium balloon And set them free into the baby blue sky Pre-Chorus So they won?t have to be alone Chorus Bridge: But when I close these heavy lids after dark Each sweet dream is a target And all my shots are so consistently wide of the mark Cause the angriest bark Is always worse than the bite Like the ache in my chest That my heart didn?t invite But if the prettiest romance Isn?t perfectly right That makes every love lost Just a holiday every night Just a holiday every night Just a holiday every night Interlude (x2): Just a holiday every night Ending: Well I've been huddled up alone By the fire even though I'm not exactly feeling cold But how my heartache hit the trail When a paper tiger tail Fluttered down, I guess I?ll never know