I'm a Marionette

About I'm a Marionette

"I'm a Marionette" is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA from their fifth album, ABBA: The Album. Written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, this song was part of a mini-musical called The Girl with the Golden Hair that ABBA performed at several of their live concerts. The other songs in the "mini-musical" were "Thank You for the Music", "I Wonder (Departure)" and "Get on the Carousel". With the exception of the last track, studio versions of these appeared on the 1977 ABBA album. "I'm a Marionette" was the B-side of "Take a Chance on Me", when it was released as a single. In 2013, Swedish heavy metal band Ghost released a cover of the song as the B-side of their single "Secular Haze", and later included it on the deluxe and Japanese editions of their album Infestissumam. It was also featured on their 2013 covers EP If You Have Ghost. more »

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1999

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You're so free
That's what everybody's tellin' me
Yet I feel like I'm an outward bound
Pushed around refuge  

Something's wrong
Got a feeling that I don't belong
As if I have come from out of space
Out of place, like King Kong  

I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet 
Just as long as I sing

I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
'Round and 'round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown  

Like a doll
Like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody taught me how to talk
How to walk, how to fall  

Can't complain
I got no one but myself to blame
Something's happening, I can't control
Lost my hold, it's insane  

I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet 
Just as long as I sing

I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
'Round and 'round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown  

Look this way
Just a little smile is what they say
You'll look better on the photograph
If you laugh, that's o.k.!!  

I'm a marionette, just a marionette
Pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet 
Just as long as I sing

I'm a marionette, see my pirouette
'Round and 'round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette
Just a silly old clown  

You're so free
That's what everybody's tellin' me
Yet I feel like I'm an outward bound
Pushed around refugee

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ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA is an acronym of the first letters of the band members' first names and is sometimes stylized as the registered trademark ᗅᗺᗷᗅ. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. They are also known for winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, giving Sweden its first victory in the history of the contest and being the most successful group ever to take part in the contest. more »

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