Well I’ve been huddled up alone
 By the fire even though
 I’m not exactly feeling cold

 And I’ve been bundled up for days
 Too confused to be amazed
 At all the icy water in my veins

 Why do I feel so alone?
 Yeah I’ve been moving in and out
 Of this old split-level house

 And I’d just as soon burn the whole place down
 ‘Cause I quit working lumberyards
 To build a mansion out of cards

 But I feel thin behind these paper walls
 Why do I feel so alone?
 ‘Cause the angriest bark is always worse than the bite
 Like the ache in my chest that my heart didn’t invite

 But if the prettiest romance isn’t perfectly right
 That makes every love lost just a holiday every night
 Well I’ve been painting through the night
 In the basement out of sight

 [bad word] paper tigers black and white
 [bad word] tomorrow afternoon
 I’ll fill a helium balloon
 And set them free into the baby blue sky
 So they won’t have to be alone

 ‘Cause the angriest bark is always worse than the bite
 Like the ache in my chest that my heart didn’t invite
 But if the prettiest romance isn’t perfectly right
 That makes every love lost just a holiday every night

 But when I close these heavy lids after dark
 Each sweet dream is a target
 And all my shots are so consistently wide of the mark

 ‘Cause the angriest bark is always worse than the bite
 Like the ache in my chest that my heart didn’t invite
 But if the prettiest romance isn’t perfectly right
 That makes every love lost just a holiday every night

 Just a holiday every night
 Just a holiday every night
 Just a holiday every night

 Well I’ve been huddled up alone
 By the fire even though
 I’m not exactly feeling cold

 But how my heartache hit the trail 
 When a paper tiger tail
 Fluttered down, I guess I’ll never know