The Young New Mexican Puppeteer Lyrics - Tom Jones

In a town near Albuquerque 

Lived a most concerned young boy 

He said lately I have noticed 

Folks don't live with peace and joy 

With frowns and worry on their faces 

They're lost and don't know where to go 

He said I'll get the people straightened 

By putting on a puppet show 

The young New Mexican puppeteer 

He saw the people all lived in fear 

He thought that maybe they'd listen to 

A puppet telling them what to do 

You know he got some string and he got some wood 

He did some carving and he was good 

And folks came running so they could hear 

The young New Mexican puppeteer 

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First he carved out young Abe Lincoln 

Abe will teach 'em civil rights 

Then a King named Martin Luther 

So they'd recall his peaceful fight 

Old Mark Twain, his wit and wisdom 

Will surely show them life is fun 

But he smiled with satisfaction 

When the Prince of Peace was done 

The young New Mexican puppeteer 

He saw the people all lived in fear 

He thought that maybe they'd listen to 

A puppet telling them what to do 

You know he got some string and he got some wood 

He did some carving and he was good 

And folks came running so they could hear 

The young New Mexican puppeteer 

Now his puppet shows were clever 

And he made the people laugh 

When he got across the message 

To walk along life's open path 

They built him his own puppet theatre 

Decked out with spotlights yellow and red 

And then they wrote him up in all the papers 

And this is what the story said 

It said... 

The young New Mexican puppeteer 

He saw the people all lived in fear 

He thought that maybe they would listen to 

A puppet telling them what to do 

You know he got some string and he got some wood 

He did some carving and he was good 

And folks came running so they could hear 

The young New Mexican puppeteer 

(repeat)