Tug on a wire to make me dance   A flick of the wrist can send me flying   Marionette given the chance   I'd trade it all in 'cause I keep tryin'      To cut the strings let my arms fall   Down loosely at my sides   Watch the paint melt away   As I step in to the daylight      Oh, Gepetto how you loved me   Oh, Gepetto aren't you proud?   So you're giving up your best   So that I can be a real boy   Oh, well I can be a real boy now      Splinters run deep   Bodies run cold   Hung on a wall carved in your likeness   And I'll tell a lie   But you'll always know   'Cause I'm growin' up and   I'm growin' out of this      Cut the strings   Let my arms fall down loosely at my sides   Watch the paint melt away   As I step in to the daylight      Oh, Gepetto how you loved me   Oh, Gepetto aren't you proud?   So you're giving up your best   So that I can be a real boy   Oh, well I can be a real boy now      So make a wish and start   Some place far away    But faith will fall fast    Before I learn the hard way   And it's not the words that you say   It's the time that you wait to say them      Oh, Gepetto how you loved me   Oh, Gepetto aren't you proud?   Oh, Gepetto how you loved me   Oh, so I can be a real boy   I can be a real boy   I can be a real boy, now