Tangled Up Puppet Lyrics - Harry Chapin

There was a time that you curled up 

In my lap like a child. 

You'd cling to me smilin' 

Your eyes wide and wild. 

Now you slip through my arms, 

Wave a passing hello. 

Twist away and toss a kiss 

Laughin' as you go. 

You used to say "Read me a story." 

And, "Sing me songs of love." 

For you were Princess Paradise 

On the wings of a dove. 

Now I chase you and I tease you 

Tryin' to remake you my own, 

You just turn away and say, 

"Please leave me alone." 

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And I'm a tangled up puppet 

All hangin' in your strings. 

I'm a butterfly in a spider's web 

Fluttering my wings. 

And the more that I keep dancin' 

And spinning 'round in knots 

The more I see what used to be 

And the less of you I've got. 

You are a drawer full of make-up 

And rinses and things. 

You keep changing your moods, 

Like your earrings and rings. 

But tonight while we played tag 

For five minutes in the yard, 

Just for a moment I caught you off-guard. 

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And I'm a tangled up puppet 

All hangin' in your strings. 

I'm a butterfly in a spider's web 

Fluttering my wings. 

And the more that I keep dancing 

And spinning 'round in knots, 

The more I see what used to be 

And the less of you I've got. 

Now you write your secret poems 

In a room just for your dreams. 

You don't find time to talk to me 

About the things you mean, 

And what I mean is-- 

I have watched you take shape 

From a jumble of parts 

And find the grace and form 

Of a fine work of art. 

Hey, you, my brand new woman 

Newly come into your own, 

Don't you know 

That you don't need 

To grow up all alone.