In a town near Albequerqe
Lived a most concerned young boy
He said
lately I have noticed
Folks don't live with peace and
joy
With frowns and worry on their faces
They're
lost and don't know where to go
He said I'll get the people
straightened
By putting on a puppet show
The young
New Mexican puppeteer
He saw the people all lived in
fear
He thought that maybe they'd listen to
A puppet
telling them what to do
You know he got some string and
he got some wood
He did some carving and he was good
And
folks came running so they could hear
The young New Mexican
puppeteer
First he carved out young Abe Lincoln
Abe
will teach 'em civil rights
Then a king named Martin
Luther
So they'd recall his peacefull fight
Old Mark
Twain, his wit and wisdom
Will surely show them life is
fun
But he smiled with satisfaction
When the prince of
peace was done
The young New Mexican puppeteer
He
saw the people all lived in fear
He thought that maybe
they'd listen to
A puppet telling them what to
do
You know he got some string and he got some
wood
He did some carving and he was good
And folks came
running so they could hear
The young New Mexican
puppeteer
Now his puppet shows were clever
And he
made the people laugh
When he got across the message
To
walk along lifes open path
They built him his own
puppet theatre
Decked out with spotlights yellow and
red
And then they wrote him up in all the papers
And
this is what the story said
It said...
The young
New Mexican puppeteer
He saw the people all lived in
fear
He thought that maybe they would listen to
A puppet
telling them what to do
You know he got some string and
he got some wood
He did some carving and he was good
And
folks came running so they could hear
The young New Mexican
puppeteer
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