Tigers Will Survive

I'll make no deal with you boy
You're the kind to hold me down
And the way I feel I might just take a dive
Last night I had this dream, and I've known it all along
Believe me, only tigers can survive

The crowd was ready waiting
Will you sign your life away
Don't tremble when they cut you like a knife
And when you're sitting here boy
Just remember all I said
Remember, only tigers can survive

It's a reasonable slip
When your trying to be hip
To forget where you're going at all
Now you're drowning alive
With the weight of your lies
When it looked like you never could fall

And I had a friend I knew once
Writing signs upon a wall
And he didn't even notice me arrive
'Cause he's had a lady's loving
For as long as I recall
And he knows that only tigers can survive

And I'll make no deal with you boy
You're the kind to hold me down
And the way I feel I might just take a dive
Last night I had this dream, but I've known it all along
Believe me, only tigers can survive