Tangled up Puppet

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.