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 hanging around You got your brain from a hole in the ground You come on up look around for a will of your own But you're mine, yeah 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 the monkey Rode in to town on the back of what looked like dead donkey So, I do to you what a puppet master would do Can you tell? Yeah Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string It's like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string You got your education from just hanging around You got your brain from a hole in the ground You come on up look around for a will of your own But you're mine, yeah 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