Lyrics to
Barracuda

Released by Heart in 1977
From the Album: Little Queen |

This version of Barracuda was released by Heart in 1977.

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So this ain’t the end – I saw you again today
Had to turn my heart away
You smiled like the
Sun – Kisses for everyone
And tales – it never fails!
You lying so low in the weeds
Bet you gonna ambush me
You’d have me down on my knees
Wouldn’t you, Barracuda?
Back over
Time when we were all
Trying for free
Met up with porpoise and me
No right no wrong your selling a
Song – A name whisper game.
If the real thing don’t do the trick
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn it out to the wick
Aren’t you, Barracuda?
“Sell me sell you” the porpoise said
Dive down deep to save my head
You…I think you got the blues too.
All that night and all the next
Swam without looking back
Made for the western pools – silly fools!


Heart has released many songs over the years besides Barracuda. Heart released songs from 1976 to 2004 spanning across albums like Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen, Dog And Butterfly, Magazine, Bebe Le Strange, Private Audition, Passionworks, Heart, Bad Animals, Brigade, Desire Walks On, and Jupiter's Darling. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Heart.

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About Lyrics and Barracuda by Heart

The lyrics to Barracuda are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Heart in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Barracuda are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Heart and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Barracuda back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Barracuda by Heart in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Barracuda" means the words set to the music of Barracuda, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Heart. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Barracuda and the lyrics to Barracuda are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Heart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Barracuda, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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