Lyrics:

(peak Billboard position # 23 in 1965)

Words and Music by John D Loudermilk

Quit beatin' your chest and actin' like you're gonna bite a big hole out

of me

Quit messin' and testin' cuz this ain't at all impressin' to me

Paper tiger, paper tiger, you paper tigers are all alike

Your roar is much worse than your bite.

Quit spyin' and sighin' and lyin' and tryin' to be so mean

Cuz you ain't scarin' nobody, baby, you're just makin' a scene

Paper tiger, paper tiger, you're just a'flutterin' in the tree

Ain't shakin' no one but the leaves

Oh how you try to be so brave

Thinkin' that I'll run back to ya and be afraid

And so you try to come on strong

Thinkin' that I will go along, but you're wrong

Paper tiger, paper tiger, you paper tigers are all alike

Your roar is much worse than your bite.

Your roar is much worse than your bite.

SPOKEN FADE:C'mere, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kittyah ha ha ha ha