Harry Chapin - Tangled Up Puppet lyrics

I'm a tangled up puppet
Spinning 'round in knots
And the more I see what used to
Be the less of you I've got

There was a time that you curled up
In my lap like a child
You'd cling to me smiling
Your eyes wide and wild
Now you slip through my arms
Wave a passing hello
Twist away and toss a kiss
Laughing 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
Trying to remake you my own
But you just turn away and say
"Please leave me alone"

And I'm a tangled up puppet
All hanging 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

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

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
(Tangled, tangled, tangled)
(Tangled, tangled, tangled) 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?