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Puppet On A String
Gino Washington Lyrics

Well, now
(Walk) I walk
(Talk) Oh yeah
(Eat) I'm hungry
(Sleep) I'm sleepy
You really got me well trained
I'm like your puppet on a string

You speak to me and then my poor heart a' flutters
You call my name and then I melt like butter

You really got me well trained
I'm like your puppet on a string

You walk my way and then my smile grows a' longer
You touch my hand and then my heart a' beating stronger
You really got me well trained
I'm like your puppet on a string

Well, you turn me off and you turn me on
You make me weak and you make me strong
Without your power
I couldn't exist
And I'd give my life by cutting my wrists

You speak to me and then I light up like a sign, yeah
Call my name I'll come near you like a rock
If you truly got me well trained
I'm like your puppet on a string

Well, you turn me off and you turn me on
You make me weak and you make me strong
Without your power
I couldn't exist
And I'd give my life by cutting my wrists

You speak to me and then I light up like a sign, yeah
Call my name I'll come near you like a rock
Catch you really got me well trained
I'm like your
Puppet on a string

Writer(s): Phil Coulter, Bill Martin

Contributed by Leah J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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George "Gino" Washington (born 1946?) is an African American R&B and rock singer from Detroit, Michigan who had cross-racial appeal and achieved local hits in 1963 and 1964 with "Out of This World" and "Gino Is a Coward". In 1964 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Japan and South Vietnam; upon return his music career stalled. He hosted his own variety television show in Detroit during the 1970s.

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Melody

4y↑10

Learn how to (walk) uhuh, (talk) oh yeah,
(Eat), I'm hungry, (sleep), I'm sleepy,
You really got me well trained,
I'm like a (puppet on a string)

You speak to me and then my poor heart a' flutters,
(Gino)
You call my name and then I melt like butter,
You really got me well trained,
I'm like a (puppet on a string)

You walk my way and then my smile grows longer,
You touch my hand and then my heart is beating stronger,
You really got me well trained,
I'm like a (puppet on a string)

You turn me off and you turn me on,
You make me weak and you make a' me strong,
Without your power I couldn't exist,
And I'd give my life by cutting my wrists.

You speak to me and then I light up like a sign,
(Gino)
You call my name I'll come near you like a rock,
You truly got me well trained,
I'm like a (puppet on a string)

(Walk) uhuh, (talk) oh yeah,
(Eat), I'm hungry, (sleep), I'm sleepy,
You really got me well trained,
I'm like a (puppet on a string)

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2y↑2

I love this to pieces. Great minor-key arrangement.

Melody

4y↑10

unnilnonium

1y↑1

Just a small suggestion: You speak to me and then I light up like a socket./ You call my name I'll come to you like a rocket. I think you got everything else close enough.