«You're so free»
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel
I'm like an outward-bound
Pushed around,
Refugee.
Something's wrong
Got a feeling that I don't belong
As if I had come from outer space
Out of place, like King Kong.
[Chorus:]
I'm a marionette, just a marionette,
Pull the string.
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet,
Just as long as I sing.
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette,
Round and round.
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette,
Just a silly old clown.
Like a doll,
Like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody told me how to talk
How to walk, how to fall.
Can't complain
I've got no-one but myself to blame
Something's happening
I can't control
Lost my hold, it's insane.
[Chorus:]
I'm a marionette, just a marionette,
Pull the string.
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet,
Just as long as I sing.
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette,
Round and round.
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette,
Just a silly old clown.
«Look this way
Just a little smile», is what they say
«You look better on the photograph
If you laugh, that's okay»
«You're so free»
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel
I'm like an outward-bound
Pushed around,
Refugee.
[Chorus:]
I'm a marionette, just a marionette,
Pull the string.
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet,
Just as long as I sing.
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette,
Round and round.
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette,
Just a silly old clown.