[Intro] [drum count-in, full band riff] [Verse 1] [Vocal 1] [Male] [snotty, fast, defiant] Teacher says sit down and learn your place Boss says smile, put a uniform on your face Telly says buy it if you want to belong Everybody's singing somebody else's song Nine to five and a mortgage by thirty Keep your shoes clean and your hands never dirty Strings on my wrists and a hand up high Pulling me around till the day I die [Chorus] [Male] [big doubled hook] I'm nobody's puppet, cut the strings I don't need your rules or your shiny things Turn it up loud in the garage tonight Three chords and the truth and I'm alright You can't pull me, you can't own me I'm nobody's puppet [Verse 2] [Male] [snotty, fast, defiant] Mum says son, just get a proper job Nan says the same with a sigh and a sob I got a guitar with a broken string And a voice that won't do a single thing They'll tell you dreams are for the rich and the lucky Tell you keep your head down, life is mucky Well I'm done with the nodding and the yes sir please I was never made to live on my knees [Chorus] [Male] [big doubled hook] I'm nobody's puppet, cut the strings I don't need your rules or your shiny things Turn it up loud in the garage tonight Three chords and the truth and I'm alright You can't pull me, you can't own me I'm nobody's puppet [Bridge] [Male] [half-time, bass and voice] Snip, snip, there goes the last one Watch me move, watch me run [Chorus] [Male] [big doubled hook] I'm nobody's puppet, cut the strings I don't need your rules or your shiny things Turn it up loud in the garage tonight Three chords and the truth and I'm alright You can't pull me, you can't own me I'm nobody's puppet [Outro] [Male] [last line, fast] Nobody's puppet Nobody's puppet [one hard stop]
