I’m a Marionette lyrics

“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”.

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.

“You’re so free”, that’s what everybody’s telling me,

yet I feel I’m like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee.

• Artist:ABBA
• Album:ABBA The Album (1977)