Mother Marionette

Mother Marionette longs to forget
Looks son no strings attached
To my wrists where they cut like razor blade
I regret to inform you my billfold adores you
The showmaster says

So swing pretty pendulum girl
Counting the moons away
Cashing in on the hourglass
Figures you'd never see past the facade

Dance like a pantomime doll
Wiping your tears away
Playing fool to the audience
Blind to the emptiness
Stagger and sway
Oh mother, marionette
Oh mother, marionette

Please mother marionette
Exit stage left
The children chant and cheer
But as the curtain starts falling
Her two left feet falter
It's the work of a spider this web of red tape
Will we ever leave here?

So swing pretty pendulum girl
Counting the moons away
Cashing in on the hourglass
Figures you'd never see past the facade

Dance like a pantomime doll
Wiping your tears away
Playing fool to the audience
Blind to the emptiness
Stagger and sway
Oh mother, marionette
Oh mother, marionette

Mother marionette
Longs to forget
Only a castaway
From an Emmy Award-winning
Propped-up magnificent life