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Top Songs By Harry Chapin
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Harry Chapin
Lead Vocals
Paul Leka
Piano
Irving Spice Strings
Strings
Dave Kondziela
Background Vocals
Frank Sims
Background Vocals
George Simms
Background Vocals
Don Payne
Bass Guitar
Mike Masters
Cello
Alan Schwartzberg
Drums
Steve Chapin
Electric Piano
Ken Smith
Flute
John Tropea
Electric Guitar
Gene Bianco
Harp
Michael Masters
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sandy Chapin
Composer
Fred Kewley
Co-Arranger
Paul Leka
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul Leka
Producer
Lyrics
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."
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.
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.
Writer(s): Harry F. Chapin, Sandy Chapin
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