Just like a paper tiger
Torn apart by idle hands
Through the helter skelter morning
Fix yourself while you
still can
No more ashes to ashes
No more cinders from
the sky
All the laws of creation
Tell a dead man how
to die

O deserts down below us
And storms up
above
Like a stray dog gone defective
Like a paper
tiger in the sun

Looking through a broken diamond
To make the past what it should be
Through the ruins and
the weather
Capsized boats in the sea

O deserts
down below us
And storms up above
Like a stray dog
gone defective
Like a paper tiger in the sun

We're just holding on to nothing
To see how long
nothing lasts

O deserts down below us
And storms
up above
Like a stray dog gone defective
Like a paper
tiger in the sun