Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight You hold on tight like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight You hold on tight, you hold on tight Got your education from just hangin' around You got your brain from a hole in the ground You come up, look around, for a will of your own But you're mine yeahhhhh Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string With porcelain eyes and the mind of a monkey Rode into town on the back of what looked like a dead donkey So I do, to you, what a puppet master would do Can you tell? Yeahhhh! Like a pupper on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Just like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Got your education from just hangin' around You got your brain from a hole in the ground You come up, look around, for a will of your own But you're mine yeahhhhh Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight You hold on tight like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight You hold on tight, you hold on tight Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight You hold on tight like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string you hold on tight You hold on tight, you hold on tight

Every time you look at me I'm as helpless as can be I become a puppet on a string You can do most anything with me All you do is touch my hand And your wish is my command I become a puppet on a string And you can do most anything with me If you really love me Darling, please be kind I offer you the truest love that you will ever find Take my heart and please be fair Handle it with love and care For I'm just a puppet on a string You can do most anything with me If you really love me Darling, please be kind I offer you truest love that you will ever find Take my heart and please be fair Handle it with love and care For I'm just a puppet on a string And you can do most anything with me You can do most anything with me

Twisting my intentions, shoving words into my mouth How do I feel so bad for how bad you hurt me now? You convinced me that I stabbed myself in the back Even though I can't reach the handle Maybe, if I struck a match, it would burn the whole place down All this air's so gas lit, I can smell the toxins now You throw pictures at the wall and leave me with the mess And then act like all this is normal I'm done sweeping glass and fixing frames I'm done telling myself that you could change for me Oh-oh, oh, oh And I won't be the puppet on your string Oh, the puppet on your string Hmm, the puppet on your string Paint me as the culprit and you frame me for your crime Make me think the words you said are made up in my mind Keep me in the dark 'til your intentions come to the light And then say I just had my eyes closed (hmm) I know the rules I'm never gonna win your game It's time to say that I'm done sweeping glass and fixing frames I'm done telling myself that you could change for me Oh-oh, oh, oh And I won't be the puppet on your string Oh, the puppet on your string Hmm, the puppet on your string Oh, the puppet on your string Hmm, the puppet on your string If I don't leave now I won't ever walk away It's hard to say, but I'm done sweeping glass and fixing frames I'm done telling myself you could change for me Oh-oh, oh, oh I won't be the puppet on your string Oh, the puppet on your string Oh, the puppet on your string

I've got the world on a string Sittin' on a rainbow Got the string around my finger What a world, what a life, I'm in love I've got a song that I sing I can make the rainbow Any time I move my finger Lucky me, can't you see, I'm in love? Life's a beautiful thing As long as I hold the string I'd be a silly so-and-so If I should ever let you go I've got the world on a string Sittin' on a rainbow Got the string around my finger What a world, what a life, mama, I'm in love Oh, what a world, what a life Baby, I'm in love, is it? Looka here, lucky me, can't you see Mama, I'm in love? Life's a beautiful thing As long as I hold the string I'd be a silly so-and-so If I should ever let you go, yes What a world, what a, what a life Baby, love Oh, what a world baby Oh, I'm in love, yeah man

You know I lose, you know I win You know I call for the shape I'm in. It's just a game you see me play, Only real in the way That I feel from day to day. Although the answer is not unknown, I'm searchin', searchin', and how I've grown. It's not all right to say goodbye, And the world on a string Doesn't mean a thing. No, the world on a string Doesn't mean a thing. It's only real in the way That I feel from day to day. No, the world on a string Doesn't mean a thing.