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
    [repeat]