(ian hunter)
No puppet, no liar, wont bend my lips to wire - no
Dont pressurize me so
Dont gamble, with my life, or you wont live to do it twice
Oh take some good advice from me
And let the wires rock
All dressed in black so nobody sees you
Smile in the wings, tell me I please you
Call me a king and watch for the wordworm to choke me
And youre like a giraffe, the performance is poor
Watch the audience laugh as my head hits the floor
When Im broken in half you still reach for the floor
Stop!
Ive had enough of this
The pantomimes reversed
I need -you feed
I greed - you bleed
Marionette - I aint one yet
Teachers pet - well youd better forget it
Marionette - I aint one yet
Teachers pet - go check your stocks and shares
And when the coffin comes make sure theres room for two
You lied - I led
I died -youre dead
Marionette - I aint one yet
Teachers pet - youd better forget it
Marionette - I aint one yet
Teachers pet - go check your product
A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought
A puppet was a thing cheap-taught - no way
Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caught
Who are you
The nerve
I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get
Out, ahhhhh!
Oh he wanna play chords to the chick on the street
He wanna play words to a world that dont speak
He wanna play people who play hide n seek when they dont talk
He wanna play a riff to the man with the wires
He wanna play lead but his hands getting tired
He just wanna play but dont know how to say - stop
Ok, the shows been fun
But my woods begun to warp
They won -Im done
New one - begun
Marionette - I did my best
Teachers pet - it just couldnt last
Marionette - get me out of this mess
Teachers little pet - it happened so fast
Marionette - now I need a rest
Teachers pet - wheres my sanity gone - mother?
Marionette - I did my best
Teachers little pet - Im just like all the others
They gambled, with my life
And now Ive lost my will to fight
Oh God these wires are so tight....
Im just a marionette.