Buck Owens And His Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

Thank you my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for sharing the music video of Buck Owens And His Buckaroos performing "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" live on Hee Haw 1979.

"I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" written by Buck Owens and Harlan Howard
Lyrics
"I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
Well I'm a-losing weight and I'm turning mighty pale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail

Well I thought the day I met you, you were meek as a lamb
Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
Now, the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sails
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
I've got a tiger by the tail

I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
Well I'm a-losing weight and I'm turning mighty pale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail

Well, every night you drag me where the bright lights're found
There ain't no way to slow you down
I'm about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
I've got a tiger by the tail

I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
Well I'm a-losing weight and I'm turning mighty pale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail"

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon

CW5 Jack Cardwell I am cured! I was a devoted Hee Haw fan for10 years, then about3 years ago I stopped watching.

Buddy Thompson, the genius, revolutionary guitar/banjo player was a favorite.

Mary Ann Gordon was married to Kenny Rogers, (Broasted Chicken), for quite a while and scored 16 million when she divorced him.

The last time I went thru Bakersfield, CA Buck’s Son, Buddy Allen (?), was still performing there on weekends.

John Henry Faulk a part-time performer might have also have been a Country Music radio host in Los Angeles in the 1950/1960s. His on the air “partner” was Gumdrop Gus! Nope, he was a partner of “Dick Haynes at the Reins”.

Los Angeles had perhaps 5 country music radio stations in the 1950s and 60s. Now there are none, but there are multiple Asian and numerous Spanish radio shows.

Nice oldie CW5 Jack Cardwell!