Lyrics to
Hellacious Acres

This version of Hellacious Acres was released by Barbra Streisand in 1976.

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Look who’s advertising
Billboards everywhere
“See Hellacious Acres
Your tailor made nightmare”
Traffic is backed up for miles
Attendants welcome you with devilish smiles
Steady…steady…
Have your tickets ready
Steady… steady…
Go to hell
After dark
It’s a sin-filled city
An amusement park
It’s a one way ticket to the other side
It’s a Dr. Jekyll and a Mr. Hyde
See Lizzie Borden, she’s one of the stars
And Tricky Dicky barkin’
Flashin’ you his pardon
Jack the Ripper slashin’ your tires

Even the devil needs money
To cover his overhead
That’s why he opened Hellacious Acres
Or so his press agent said
Hang out with heavies
Your partners in crime
Forget the consequences,
Have a good time
Sready…steady…
Have your tickets ready
Steady…steady…

Go to hell
After darks
It’s a sin filled city
An amusement park
And a one way ticket to the other side
It’s a Dr. Jekyll it’s a Mr. Hyde
Get down and study suspicion and doubt
At Hellacious Acres
Listen mischief makers
Admission’s free you pay to get out

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About Lyrics and Hellacious Acres by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics for Hellacious Acres are defined as the words making up the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Hellacious Acres have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barbra Streisand and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Hellacious Acres by Barbra Streisand if you think through it. 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 Hellacious Acres" means the words set to the music of Hellacious Acres, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Hellacious Acres and the lyrics to Hellacious Acres are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hellacious Acres, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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