Harry Chapin - Tangled Up Puppet Lyrics
I'm a tangled up puppet,Spinning round in knots,And the more I see what I used to be,The less of you I've got.There was a time that you curled up in my lap; like a childYou'd cling to me smiling, yours eyes wide and wildNow you slip through my arms, wave a passing helloTwist away and toss a kiss, laughing as you goYou used to say "Read me a story and sing me songs of love"For you were Princess Paradise like your wings of a doveNow I chase you and tease you trying to remake you my ownBut you just turn away and say "please leave me alone."And I'm a tangled up puppetAll hanging in your stringsI'm a butterfly in a spider's webFluttering my wingsAnd the more that I keep dancingAnd spinning round in knotsThe more I see what I used to beAnd the less of you I've gotYou are a drawer full of makeup and rinses and thingsYou keep changing your moods like your earrings and ringsBut tonight while we played tag for five minutes in the yardJust for a moment I caught you off guardBut now you write your secret poemsIn a room just for your dreamsYou don't find time to talk to meAbout the things you meanAnd what I mean is--I have watched you take shape from a jumble of partsAnd find the grace and form of a fine work of artHey, you, my brand new woman, newly come into your ownDon't you know that you don't need to grow up all alone
