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Dancing the Manta Ray Lyrics — Pixies | Dork

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Dancing the Manta Ray Lyrics

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Dancing the Manta Ray

From Doolittle 25: B-Sides, Peel Sessions And Demos2014

Written by Black Francis

Produced by Gil Norton

Lyrics

Dancing the Manta Ray

Do the manta ray Do the manta ray Do the manta ray Do the manta ray Your head can go real screw With saucers chasing you Dance the manta ray Dance the manta ray Dance the manta ray Dance the manta ray Dance the manta ray Your head can go real screw With saucers chasing you Please don't swim This fly Fly, c'mon Your head can go real screw With saucers chasing you

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About this track

"Dancing the Manta Ray" is a song by Pixies from the album Doolittle 25: B-Sides, Peel Sessions And Demos, released in 2014. The song was written by Black Francis. It was produced by Gil Norton.

Pixies profile →Doolittle 25: B-Sides, Peel Sessions And Demos album →Track profile →

Track 3 of 364AD

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Black Francis— 277 credits as songwriter & producer →

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