Tangled Up Puppet. Harry Chapin.

Seq - Ron Tilden. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Jul 2005.

Tangled Up Puppet
Words and Music by: Harry Chapin and Sandy Chapin
Performed by: Harry Chapin (1975)
Subtitled "A Song For My Daughter, Jaime"
Sequenced by: Ron Tilden

I'm a tangled up puppet
Spinning 'round in knots,

And the more I see what used to be,
The less of you I 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, 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 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 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 got.

You are a drawer full of makeup and rinses and things.
You keep changing your moods like your earings 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 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?

Tangled Up Puppet
Soft karaoke
Words
Melody
Vocals
Piano
Guitar
Guitar (Nylon)
Guitar (Steel)
Strings
Bass
Drums