Lion in the Cage ft. Garth Hudson Lyrics

So you got a little piece of me

Wrapped it in glass for all to see

And here you thought that it was free

But everything's got a cost

Something gained, something lost

Innocence and age

Thought you tamed the lion in the cage

Put a ribbon on my mane

You trimmed my nails, gave me a name

Nearly convinced me that I was sane

And to shut the circus down

Turn my back on the clowns

Kill the lights on the stage

Yeah, you tamed the lion in the cage

Oh, I was a king in that jungle

Where you found me

Oh, I could do anything

Well, I remember your Christmas feast

Your magi journeyed from the east

Children came to see the beast

So I sat straight on my chair

Could've been anywhere

Different novel, same page

But you tamed the lion in the cage

Oh, I was a king in that jungle

Where you found me

Oh, I could do anything

So I got hungry one day

When you and your magi were gone away

Well, a lion's got no sense of equity

And I ate everything in sight

All the sacred, all the right

Devoured in my rage

Thought you tamed the lion in the cage