"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"
"You´re so free," that´s what everybody´s telling me
Yet I feel I´m like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee

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