The Puppet

About The Puppet

"The Puppet" is the third single by the band Echo & the Bunnymen and was released on 14 September 1980. The single was released in the wake of the critical acclaim received for the band's first album, Crocodiles, which had been released earlier in the year. The main track itself was not on the album but the b-side, "Do It Clean", was on the US release of the album and the Compact Cassette version of the UK release. The single failed to make the UK Singles Chart. The single was produced by Bill Drummond and David Balfe although they were credited as The Chameleons.  more »

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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 erfect) 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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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here (1981), again found favour with the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), reached number 2 in the UK. Their next release, Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band's UK chart success, a… more »

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