Barbara from Heartland Radio by Remy Le Boeuf

“Barbara”
Lyrics by Sara Pirkle

Barbara is the song I sing that helps me fall asleep.
She’s the tale I tell myself at night.
She's a spinning siren wailing through the window of my bedroom––
Elusive as the wind, sneaks in like sin, and oh

Every time she smiles I’m fifteen again
Every time she laughs I forget that she isn’t mine.
Oftentimes I find my daydreams adrift in Barbara,
vivid reveries, so clear I never want to recover.

Barbara is the word I need that’s always out of reach
She’s a sonnet with no final rhyme—
the resolution I could never find in any fable.
Less permanent than ink, I feel my heart sinking, oh

Every time she smiles I’m fifteen again
Every time she laughs I forget she was never mine.
Will I ever find the right hook to capture Barbara?
Every time I try reminds me I won’t get what I’m after

Oh Barbara, Barbara, will you lift me from this maze I’m in?

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