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Pink Flag
Ex Lion Tamer

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Ex Lion Tamer

Release date: 1st December 1977

About This Track

"Ex Lion Tamer" is a track by Wire, from the album Pink Flag, released 1st December 1977. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wire

Wire

Lyrics

Ex Lion Tamer

[Verse 1]

There's great danger (danger)

For the loneliest ranger in town

No silver bullets (bullets)

Tonto's split the scene

[Chorus]

Next week will solve your problems

But now, fish fingers all in a line

The milk bottles stand empty

Stay glued to your TV set (TV)

[Verse 2]

There's great danger (danger)

At hand most caped crusader of all

No cloak of justice (justice)

Robin's quit the scene

[Chorus]

Next week will solve your problems

But now, fish fingers all in a line

The milk bottles stand empty

Stay glued to your TV set (TV)

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set, oh (TV)

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set, oh (TV)

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set, oh (TV)

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set

(TV) Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set

(TV) Oh, why, don't ya, don't ya, don't ya?

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set (TV)

(TV) Stay glued to your TV set

(TV) Oh, why, don't ya, don't ya, don't ya?

(TV) Stay glued to that and your TV set (TV)

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Track details

From Pink Flag

1977

Album

Release year

1977

—Field Day for the Sundays
—Surgeon's Girl
—106 Beats That
—1 2 X U
—Brazil
—Champs
—Feeling Called Love
—Fragile
—Ex Lion Tamer
—Different to Me
—It's So Obvious
—Lowdown
—Pink Flag
—Reuters
—Mr. Suit
—Start to Move
—The Commercial
—Three Girl Rhumba
—Straight Line
—Strange

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Credits

Credited: Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Mike Thorne, Pink Lincolns, Robert Gotobed, The Cure, Various Artists