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Tangled Up Puppet - Harry Chapin



     
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Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
I'm a tangled up puppet
Spinning round in knots
And the more I see what I used to be
The less of you I've gotThere was a time that you curled up
In my lap, like a child
You'd cling to me smiling
Your eyes wide and wildNow you slip through my arms
Wave a passing hello
Twist away and toss a kiss
Laughing as you goYou used to say, "Read me a story

And sing me songs of love"
For you were Princess Paradise
On the wings of a doveNow 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 hanging in your strings
I'm a butterfly in a spider's web
Fluttering my wingsAnd the more that I keep dancing
And spinning round in knots
The more I see what I used to be
And the less of you I've gotYou are a drawer full of makeup
And rinses and things
You keep changing your moods
Like your earrings and ringsBut tonight while we played tag
For five minutes in the yard
Just for a moment
I caught you off guardAnd I'm a tangled up puppet
All hanging in your strings
I'm a butterfly in a spider's web
Fluttering my wingsAnd the more that I keep dancing
And spinning round in knots
The more I see what I used to be
And the less of you I've gotNow 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 meanWhat 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 artHey, you, my brand new woman
Newly come into your own
Don't you know that you don't need
To grow up all alone

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Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.

In the mid 1970s, Chapin focused on social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States and co-founding the organization World Hunger Year, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977.

His fellow Long Islanders loved him for his support of local artists, as well. He and his wife Sandy raised funds for the Performing Arts Foundation, a now-defunct local theatre group. They also supported the Long Island Ballet. The band shell at Huntington's Hecksher Park is named for Harry Chapin.

Chapin died on July 16, 1981 in an automobile accident on the Long Island Expressway at the age of 38. He was headed west from Huntington Bay, where he lived with his wife and three children, to perform a concert in Eisenhower Park in Nassau County when his car was struck by a truck. An autopsy showed that he had suffered a heart attack, but it could not be determined whether that occurred before or after the collision. Supermarkets General, the owner of the truck, paid $12 million in the ensuing litigation.

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