There's no hope in the colonies   So catch yourself a lifeline   Things have gone wrong too many times   So catch yourself a slow boat to China      Fixing some holes from the tigers claws   All your tears will be trembling   Stick those teeth into my back   Seasonal beasts keep them at bay      Can't something go right   Little things change people's lives   Hostile words won't fill your eyes   Same noise left too destroy      Loathsome smile head full of forever's   Will tomorrow bring some perfection?   The zoos been overrun in Baghdad   Tiger's claws still in my back      So send away the tigers   Because we're lonely and we're desperate   So send away the tigers   Because they're creeping up and dangerous      I've got problems, I've got too many of them   Throw away your yesterdays, I did it all for you   Blank horizons and hotels rooms   Cheap Whiskey and god-awful truths   Look at me I'm honest and free, I was born to underachieve      So send away the tigers   Because we're lonely and we're desperate   So send away the tigers   Because they're creeping up and dangerous      So send away the tigers   Because we're lonely and we're desperate   So send away the tigers   Because they're creeping up and dangerous