Puppet on a String

Don't be like a puppet on a string
Love is all I bring
Children of Jah, say, cah make you
Dine in and you sing, say

From the day I met you I've been blue, yeah
But I always seek to be near you
You cheat, you lie and cause me strife, girl
Yet I never try to make you care

But the children sing, say, don't do like a puppet on a string
Say, you could hear the children sing
Now, don't be, don't be like a puppet on a string
Say, natty, jump an' a sing (Wah!)
Ting-a-ling, a-ling, a-ling

Means that love is all I bring
So, black people, say, you have fi make it ring
Say, ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling
An' you could hear the children a-sing
Don't you be like a puppet on a string
An' they show we, a mi say, love is all I bring
Black people, make you jump up an' sing (Wah!)
Say, ting-a-ling, a-ling, a-ling

You could hear the children jump an' sing
Love is all I bring, don't like no puppet on no string

Say, listen, make you hear I say so (Wah!)
Say, tell me, don't do that, y'all (Cut it!)

To the east an' the west, an' the north an' the south
You could hear the children jump an' a shout
Don't, don't be no like no puppet on no string
Ting-a-ling, a-ting-a-ling
You could hear them a-sing (Cut it!)
Say, mi say, love is all I bring
An' you fi make it, make it ring
Say, mi say, mi say, now fi make it ring (Wah!)
Say, they say, love is all I bring
Don't like no puppet on no string
Black people, an' you don't hear them sing
Ting-a-ting-a-ling (Cut it!)
Say, you could hear the children sing (Yeah, you know)

Nate, now, no man no be no right
No trick, no man no see no beat, no-no right
Now, mi say, mi say, love is all mi bring
Children, now, beg you, jump up an' sing, y'all (Yeah)
Don't you be like a puppet on a string
Say, mi say, mi say, love is all I bring (Wah!)
No like no puppet on no string

No like no puppet on no string (Hey!)
Say, say, love is all I bring
Black people, so don't hear them sing
They say no, say no
Say no, say no, say no (Hey!)