The trouble with puppet shows
Is that they're tied up to the strings
A suited ventriloquist sets
The bass line and what he sings
Tough time turning a profit
on the new age music scene
So we string up and old man and a child
Change the subject and gather Green

Cause I want to be...

Got a radio.
I don't think it would play for free.
Got a radio
I don't think it plays for me

Selling music by the gallon
And the notes don't mean a thing
The new Vietnam's a car of women
And a right hand full of rings

Compromise your craft
To get your face on a magazine
It's better to buy new ripped jeans
With holes made by machines

Cause I want to be...