[00:00.80][Verse 1][00:01.89]Just like a paper tiger[00:08.68]Torn apart by idle hands[00:15.54]Through the helter skelter morning[00:22.42]Fix yourself while you still can[00:29.31]No more ashes to ashes[00:36.21]No more cinders from the sky[00:43.00]Let all the laws of creation[00:49.54]Tell a dead man how to die[00:56.69][Chorus][00:57.54]O deserts down below us[01:04.60]And storms up above[01:11.18]Like a stray dog gone defective[01:18.10]Like a paper tiger in the sun[01:24.85][Verse 2][01:25.14]Looking through a broken diamond[01:31.77]To make the past what it should be[01:38.67]Through the ruins and the weather[01:45.68]Capsized boats in the sea[01:52.22][Chorus][01:52.79]O deserts down below us[01:59.70]And storms up above[02:05.79]Like a stray dog gone defective[02:12.50]Like a paper tiger in the sun[02:25.15][Bridge][02:33.76]We're just holding on to nothing[02:40.74]To see how long nothing lasts[02:46.68][Chorus][02:47.29]O deserts down below us[02:53.91]And storms up above[03:00.49]Like a stray dog gone defective[03:07.20]Like a paper tiger in the sun[03:18.94][04:04.11][Verse 3][04:05.39]There's one road to tomorrow[04:12.11]There's one road to the truth[04:18.97]There's one road back to civilization[04:25.64]But there's no road back to you[04:32.62]