"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, I feel 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 my string.
I'm a marionette, everybody's bet, 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 taught 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 it, lost my hold. Is it safe?
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull my 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 photograph if you laugh," That's okay!
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull my 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 like an out-ward bound
Pushed around
Refugee.