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Elaine

from Green Hearts by Lesley Barth

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Midday-drunk, she signals for the waitress.
Calls ‘round the car while he settles up their bill.
Dressed to the nines in designer – each jewel a little finer.
A marginal win for trading in her will.

With the passing of youth, her dreams seem to get a bit further.
While she pushes down doubt that’s been stirring at her core.
Her future obscures here while everyone tries to cure her –
It’s not cures that she wants.
Not cures she’s looking for.

So put ‘em down, Elaine.
The time is now – there is no other.
You’re always finding a way; maybe it’s time to find the truth.
All those worries you carry only keep you stationary.
Oh, put ‘em down, Elaine.

Little girl raised to be ever so perfect.
Perfect house, perfect hair, perfect man – but in her heart,
Been holding on for forever to vintage cowboys in leather.
Sometimes it’s not what you want, it’s what you need that drives the car.

So put ‘em down, Elaine.
The time is now – there is no other.
You’re always finding a way; maybe it’s time to find the truth.
All those worries you carry they are so unnecessary.
Oh, put ‘em down, Elaine.

Run with wind.
Fast like the wind.
Woe to the ones who get too old for fun.
Oh, Elaine, it’s never to late to begin

To put ‘em down, Elaine.
The time is now – there is no other.
You’re always finding a way; maybe it’s time to face the truth.
All those worries you carry can’t be revolutionary.
Oh, put ‘em down, Elaine. 

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from Green Hearts, released January 27, 2017

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Lesley Barth New York, New York

NYC singer/songwriter Lesley Barth's debut full-length Green Hearts, a 2017 album charting the course of young love, has been referred to as "one of the most intelligent, evocative albums to appear in recent years (Anti-Heroin Chic)."

Barth's sophomore album, Big Time Baby, will be out May 15th, 2020. ... more

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