Intro: Bm D A x4 Verse: Bm D A The marionette has your number Bm D A It pullin your arms and legs till you canʼt stand on your own Bm D A Dragging your conscience on the stage and you heart gets rearranged Bm D A And you cannot tell your mentor from your maker Bm D A Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter Bm D A Over the way you entertain at beckon call Bm D A They donʼt see behind the lights or the painted background Bm D A They just like to see you fall Chorus: D Bm D A But you donʼt really mind D Bm D A Cause youʼre just wasting time D Bm D A You canʼt feel anything D Bm D A Just a boy on a string Verse: Bm D A I feel a sadness like Gapetto Bm D A Watching the life that he created run away, Bm D A Seeing the puppeteerʼs intrusion and holding the remains Bm D A Of puppets that had rotted away Bm D A One day the curtain will not open Bm D A And all of the crowds will go away Bm D A Someday those strings will choke you Bm D A But until that day Chorus.
