Intro: Verso 1: No puppet, no liar, won't bend my lips to wire - No Don't pressurize me so Don't gamble, with my life, or you won't live to do it twice Oh take some good advice from me And let the wires rock Interlude: Verso 2: All dressed in black so nobody sees you Smile in the wings, tell me I please you Call me a king and watch for the wordworm to choke me And you're like a giraffe, the performance is poor Watch the audience laugh as my head hits the floor When I'm broken in half you still reach for the floor Ponte: STOP! I've had enough of this The pantomime's reversed I need -you feed I greed - you bleed Marionette - I ain't one yet Teacher's pet - Well you'd better forget it Marionette - I ain't one yet Teacher's pet - Go check your stocks and shares And when the coffin comes make sure there's room for two You lied - I led I died -You're dead Marionette - I ain't one yet Teacher's pet - You'd better forget it Marionette - I ain't one yet Teacher's pet - go check your product Interlude: Verso 3: A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought A puppet was a thing cheap-taught - No way Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caught Breakdown "Who are you" "The nerve" I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get Out, AHHHHH! Guitar Solo: (x2) Verso 4: Oh he wanna play chords to the chick on the street He wanna play words to a world that don't speak He wanna play people who play hide 'n' seek when they don't talk He wanna play a riff to the man with the wires He wanna play lead but his hand's getting tired He just wanna play but don't know how to say - STOP Ponte: OK, the show's been fun But my wood's begun to warp They won -I'm done New one - begun Marionette - I did my best Teacher's pet - It just couldn't last Marionette - Get me out of this mess Teacher's little pet - It happened so fast Marionette - Now I need a rest Teacher's pet - Where's my sanity gone - Mother? Marionette - I did my best Teacher's little pet - I'm just like all the others Outro They gambled, with my life And now I've lost my will to fight Oh God these wires are so tight.... I'm just a marionette