I begged I borrowed I stole My soul was for sale So that we could belong And taste the finer things The things that only winning brings I knew we would get there all alone We crawled We said "Yes, Sir" and "No, Sir" And closer we came To the magic and the gold I learned how to laugh How to lie Look them right in the eye I saw people bought and people sold We where keepin' the tigers away Keepin' the tigers away Hiding from the real thing That always comes some day Keepin' the tigers Keepin' the tigers away And then one day you ask "Is that all there is" It all goes by so fast There's the house and the car and the kids And your finaly see the world for what it really is You were keepin' the tigers away Keepin' the tigers away Hiding from the real thing That always comes some day Keepin' the tigers Keepin' the tigers away