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Echo & The Bunnymen – The Puppet (1984) | Track profile | Dork

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Echo & The Bunnymen
Songs to Learn and Sing
The Puppet

SINGLE

Echo & The Bunnymen

The Puppet

Release date: 1st February 1984

From Songs to Learn and Sing

Track 2

3:05

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About This Track

"The Puppet" is a single by Echo & The Bunnymen, from the album Songs to Learn and Sing, released 1st February 1984. The track is 3:05 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Echo & The Bunnymen.

About the Artist

Echo & The Bunnymen

Echo & The Bunnymen

Lyrics

The Puppet

I'll practice my fall
For practice makes perfect
Chained to the wall
For maximum hold
The window's too far
Too far from my legs
Open the door and let out the cold

You knew about this
With your head in your hands
All along
I was the puppet
I was the puppet

Trampolines broken
Ceiling has come down
The ache in my back tells me
Something's gone wrong
Rocking horse rocks
As the wallpaper peels
Curtain would like to know
What he has done

You knew about this
With your head in your hands
All along
I was the puppet
I was the puppet

We're the salt of the earth (I'll practice my fall for practice makes perfect)
And we know what to say
(Chained to the wall for maximum hold)
We're the salt of the earth
(The window's too far too far from my legs)
And we know our place
(Open the door and let out the cold)

You knew about this
With your head in your hands
All along
I was the puppet
I was the puppet

All along
(You knew about this)
With your head in your hands
All along
(You knew about this)
I was the puppet
I was the puppet

(You knew about this)
Head in your hands
(You knew about this)
I was the puppet
I was the puppet
(We're the salt of the earth)
You knew about this
(We know what to say)
Your head in your hands
(We're the salt of the earth)
All along
((You knew about this))
(We know our place)
I was the puppet
(We're the salt of the earth)
All along
(We know what to say)
((You knew about this))
Your head in your hands
(We're the salt of the earth)
I was the puppet
((You knew about this))
(We know what to say)
I was the puppet

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Track details

From Songs to Learn and Sing

3:051984Single

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Album

Songs to Learn and Sing

Echo & The Bunnymen

1st February 1984

Track number

2

Release year

1984

1Rescue
4:26
2The Puppet
3:05
3Do It Clean
2:45
4A Promise
3:40

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