Man or Marionette

A suit, a shirt, a tie
The illusion is complete
I'm a businessman today
Or so I say
I want to jump out of this suit
And then take a different route
Who's the puppeteer at play?
Well I can't say

I will be somebody new
I won't be the busy fool

Wasting time just answer, beckon, call
Willing to take a jump or make a fall
Now I'm in a very different place

I feel fine, I feel great, oo-o-oo
I'm cutting all the strings away
I will strive, I will (?), oo-o-oo

To be a man, not a marionette
I'll be a man, not a marionette

At first, it seemed like fun
But I'd hated what I'd become
Just a worker and a slave
To compromise
My father said to me
Be the man you're supposed to be
Do not waste a single day
Open your eyes

Life is such a fleeting thing
Don't let others pull the strings

I was being strangled by pretense
Being left to dangle in suspense
It's taken half my life to realise

I feel fine, I feel great, oo-o-oo
I'm cutting all the strings away
No more twine, no regret, oo-o-oo

I'm a man, not a marionette
I'll be a man, not a marionette
I'll be a man, not a marionette
I'm a man, not a marionette