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Here He Comes (Confessions Of A Drunken Marionette) Lyrics
Here comes your drunken marionette
Dragging his mess of threads
There at the bar pulling smoke to his lungs
He says who will ignore me when you're gone?
Now come on lift me up
I wanna dance by your tin cup
Tower of beauty with a split in your tongue
Who will ignore me when you're gone?
He says who will ignore me when you're gone?
Here he comes
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
That wouldn't ever part
With the drunken marionette
Been mainlining bad thoughts
Been drinking things I wish I'd not
Intoxicated with sad songs
Who will forgive you when I'm gone?
They sing auld lang syne
I've got mutiny on my mind
A guilty conscience means at least you've got one
Who will forgive you when I'm gone?
He says who will forgive you when I'm gone?
Here he comes
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
Who wouldn't ever part
Waiting on a spark
That hasn't happened yet
For the drunken marionette
Carry on
Turn the lights low when you go
In the hours left
I hope you feel the things that I know I won't
What you give is what you get
These days I worry bout your debts
Who carries evil out evil will come
Who will defend you when I'm gone?
He says who will defend you when I'm gone?
Here he comes
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
Wouldn't ever part
Waiting on a spark
That hasn't happened yet
Here he comes
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
That wouldn't ever part
Waiting on a spark
That hasn't happened yet
For the drunken marionette
Dragging his mess of threads
There at the bar pulling smoke to his lungs
He says who will ignore me when you're gone?
I wanna dance by your tin cup
Tower of beauty with a split in your tongue
Who will ignore me when you're gone?
He says who will ignore me when you're gone?
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
That wouldn't ever part
With the drunken marionette
Been drinking things I wish I'd not
Intoxicated with sad songs
Who will forgive you when I'm gone?
I've got mutiny on my mind
A guilty conscience means at least you've got one
Who will forgive you when I'm gone?
He says who will forgive you when I'm gone?
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
Who wouldn't ever part
Waiting on a spark
That hasn't happened yet
For the drunken marionette
Turn the lights low when you go
In the hours left
I hope you feel the things that I know I won't
These days I worry bout your debts
Who carries evil out evil will come
Who will defend you when I'm gone?
He says who will defend you when I'm gone?
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
Wouldn't ever part
Waiting on a spark
That hasn't happened yet
Here he comes
Be still the wooden heart
That wouldn't ever part
Waiting on a spark
That hasn't happened yet
For the drunken marionette
Song Info
Submitted by
prayingmantis84 On Jun 03, 2005
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I love this song.
kinda sounds a little Tom Petty-ish.
Jakob Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of this era... the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
"What you give is what you get These days I'm worried about your debt"
Amazing =D
I could be completely wrong about this, but I think the "drunken marionette" is some woman's boyfriend or husband, and she treats him like crap. She uses him like a puppet/marionette and he allows himself to be used.
I think I read somewhere that Jakob Dylan said the fact that the marionette is drunken is supposed to be ironic since marionettes are generally related in our minds to young children. But does it have any other meaning? Maybe it also means that this guy is her puppet who isn't aware of what's happening - he can't see that she's treating him so badly.