"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