Tangled Up Puppet

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 tease you trying to remake you my own

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 makeup 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 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

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

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?