| He had a hold on you | 
| He was your puppeteer (Puppeteer) | 
| You did everything he wanted you to | 
| Now he’s not here, and you’re lost by fear | 
| 'Cause now he’s not here | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Because you let him pull the strings | 
| That made you do the things that you’re so sorry for | 
| 'Cause now he don’t love you no more | 
| (Love you no more) | 
| Woo, don’t you know he had complete control? | 
| (Complete control) | 
| Ah, you could do nothing alone (Complete control) | 
| Now without him you ain’t got no soul | 
| I tell you, you’re on your own | 
| Yeah, now that he’s gone | 
| Ooh, you’re on your own, woo | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Ooh, Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Because you let him pull the strings | 
| That made you do the things that you’re so sorry for | 
| 'Cause now he don’t love you no more | 
| Don’t love you no more | 
| For you he was no good, no no | 
| He thought your heart was made of wood | 
| Yeah, yeah (Made of wood, made of wood) | 
| He made you act so strange (Foolish) | 
| Foolish and uncomposed, oh yeah (Somehow) | 
| Somehow he seemed to change | 
| But that’s how it goes for cutting his clothes, yeah | 
| That’s how it goes, ooh | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Ooh, Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get | 
| Marionette, that’s what you get |