I’m a Marionette
“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.
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, is it safe?
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”.
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.
“You’re so free”, that’s what everybody’s telling me,
yet I feel I’m like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee.
