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Puppet on a String Lyrics by The Hives

The Black and White Album [Japan release]

2007

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 1]
You´ve got your education
From just hanging around
You´ve got your brain
From a hole in the ground
You come out up look around
For will of your own
But you´re mine

Yeaaahhhh

[Refrain]
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string

[Verse 2]
With porcelain eyes
And the mind of the monkey
Rode in to town
On the back and what
Looked like dead donkey
So I do to you what a
Proper puppetmaster´s to do
Can you tell?

Yeaahhh

[Refrain]
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

[Verse 1]
You´ve got your education
From just hanging around
You´ve got your brain
From a hole in the ground
You come out up look around
For will of your own
But you´re mind

Yeaaahhhh

[Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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
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About “Puppet on a String” by The Hives

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"Puppet on a String" appears on "The Black and White Album [Japan release]" in 2007.

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