Lion Tamer - Mary Hopkin

I’d like to be a lion tamer

Sequins and tights and silk top hats

I know I could be a lion tamer

I’ve always gotten along with cats

I’d have a whip but never use it

I’d simply hold it in my hand

I wanna be a lion tamer

If I could be a lion tamer

I would be someone grand

I couldn’t be a ballerina

I never could stand on my toes

I couldn’t be a Spanish dancer

I’d look ridiculous with a rose

But ev’ryone has a special calling

Something that only he can do

I would be such a lion tamer

If I could be lion tamer

I would be special too

I could begin with baby leopards

Move on to tiger cubs and then

After I learned to handle lions

Maybe I could work up to men

I never wanted fancy mansions

Butlers and footmen liveried

I never wanted lots of money

Money can’t buy what I really need

I never prayed for any favors

But here I am on knobby knees

Please let me be a lion tamer

If I could be a lion tamer

Wouldn’t he have to finally notice me?