[Verse 1]

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

Let all the laws of creation

Tell a dead man how to die

[Chorus]

Oh, deserts down below us

And storms up above

Like a stray dog gone defective

Like a paper tiger in the sun

[Verse 2]

Looking through a broken diamond

To make the past what it should be

Through the ruins and the weather

Capsized boats in the sea

[Chorus]

Oh, deserts down below us

And storms up above

Like a stray dog gone defective

Like a paper tiger in the sun

[Bridge]

We're just holding on to nothing

To see how long nothing lasts

[Chorus]

Oh, deserts down below us

And storms up above

Like a stray dog gone defective

Like a paper tiger in the sun

[Outro]

There's one road to the morning

There's one road to the truth

There's one road back to civilization

But there's no road back to you