from
Flowers & Tigers (CD),
released August 29, 2016
I LOVE SWIMMING IN THE SEA
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
AND YOU HATE SWIMMING IN THE SEA
WELL I KNOW THAT
YOU ONLY GIVE ME SUMMER
THOUGH I PREFER WINTER
YOU MISS THE LIFE AT NIGHT
WHILE I SLEEP IN THE DAYTIME
‘CAUSE YOU WERE A FLOWER
I WAS A TIGER
YOU HAD THE FEAR AND THE CHAINS
I OWNED THE WIND AND THE FIRE
YOU WERE A FLOWER
I WAS A TIGER
YOU WALKED THE LINE
AND I LAID DOWN MY LIFE
FOR MY HEART’S DESIRE
YOU LOVE WITH YOUR GLOSSY MIND
AND I LOVE WITH MY HEART
I DON’T LET YOU COME INSIDE
BUT YOU PUT UP WITH THAT RIGHT FROM THE START
I CALLED FOR ALL YOUR FREE TIME
PARTED MOTHER AND CHILD
I WAS SO BOLD AND TOOK YOU WITH
THOUGH YOU NEVER ASKED FOR IT
‘CAUSE YOU WERE A FLOWER
I WAS A TIGER
YOU HAD THE FEAR AND THE CHAINS
I OWNED THE WIND AND THE FIRE
YOU WERE A FLOWER
I WAS A TIGER
YOU WALKED THE LINE
AND I LAID DOWN MY LIFE
FOR MY HEART’S DESIRE
OH WE’RE ALL GETTING OLDER
OH DRY AND PALE, OUR HUNGER
OUR LUNGS ARE DRENCHED IN LIQUOR
AND THE TIGER LEAVES THE FLOWER
‘CAUSE YOU WERE A FLOWER …