Puppets Lyrics - Hugh Cornwell

Puppets dancing on a shoestring 

Saying yes when mother asks 

If your shoelace is tied 

Whose holding the strings? 

Who dangles taut bow strings? 

Resin redundant 

They dance by themselves 

They whine and soar and soar and seesaw 

Mime and pretend to speak 

On the seesaw back and forth back and forth 

On the swing of words in print 

Footprints in paper money 

Telling you the route 

But in the root of the matter 

Greenie pays the bills 

Greenie gets the pills 

Puppets in the air in the air 

Changing places playing aces puppets x5 

Puppets x8