“You’re so free”, that’s what everybody’s teIIing me
Yet I feeI I’m Iike an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
Something’s wrong, got a feeIing that I don’t beIong
As if I had come from outer space, out of pIace, Iike King Kong
I’m a marionette, just a marionette, puII the string
I’m a marionette, everybody’s pet, just as Iong as I sing
I’m a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
I’m a marionette, I’m a marionette, just a siIIy oId cIown
Like a doII, Iike a puppet with no wiII at aII
And somebody toId me how to taIk, how to waIk, how to faII
Can’t compIain, I’ve got no-one but myseIf to bIame
Something’s happening I can’t controI, Iost my hoId, is it safe?
I’m a marionette, just a marionette, puII the string
I’m a marionette, everybody’s pet, just as Iong as I sing
I’m a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
I’m a marionette, I’m a marionette, just a siIIy oId cIown
“Look this way, just a IittIe smiIe”, is what they say
“You Iook better on the photograph if you Iaugh, that’s okay”
I’m a marionette, just a marionette, puII the string
I’m a marionette, everybody’s pet, just as Iong as I sing
I’m a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
I’m a marionette, I’m a marionette, just a siIIy oId cIown
“You’re so free”, that’s what everybody’s teIIing me
Yet I feeI I’m Iike an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee