Harry Chapin - Tangled Up Puppet lyrics
[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?
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?