歌詞

I trade my morning coffee for some healthy tea

My phone screen screams about the funds I'll need

Tell myself I'm making the smart play

Start a 401(K) 'cause they say it's the way

Sunday golf is just a corporate game to play

Mimic the gurus from some best-selling guide

Bought the minivan, said "it's for the family's sake"

This heavy loan is my "grown-up" certificate

My Choice! My Life! Yeah, I still believe it's true

Thinking I'm the one who's holding the wheel

But this road I'm on was paved by someone new

Just following a script from someone's shelf

Oh, yeah... maybe I'm just dancing on a string

Singin' the Marionette Blues

Skimming the headlines, just the ones they feed

Nod along and hope for some new tax relief

At the parent-teacher nights, I just read the room

Forced to choose the path that they've already groomed

The rules for climbing the ladder are never said aloud

"Just play the game" is the order from the crowd

The praise is gone but the burden keeps on growing

Forgot the man I was without me even knowing

My Choice! My Life! Yeah, I still believe it's true

Thinking I'm the one who's holding the wheel

But this road I'm on was paved by someone new

Just following a script from someone's shelf

Oh, yeah... maybe I'm just dancing on a string

Singin' the Marionette Blues

Where's the rock and roll kid I dreamed I'd be?

Staring at the payments on my mortgage sheet

If I took off this armor called "responsibility"

Would there be anything left at all of me?

My Choice! My Life! 'Til my voice is hoarse and breaking

So what if it's a script? Hell, I can take it

Just let me choose the brand of beer I'm drinking

Ah... that big presentation's waiting in the morning

Guess I've gotta go on

Singin' the Marionette Blues

My Blues