Marionette Lyrics - Singles - Mott The Hoople

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 

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 woodworm 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 

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 

A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought 

A puppet was a thing cheap taught, no way 

Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver, caught 

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 

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, okay, 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 

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