Lord of the Buffalo Songtext
von Tracy Grammer

Once upon a world long gone
In the shelter of an early dawn
They were half a million strong
Made the valley rumble
Come the hunters with their rifle bar
He heard the fury of his daddy′s fall
Ran crying to his mama's call
Saw her break and stumble
So he ran with the swift and young
From the hunters and their hungry guns
Ran until he was the only one
On the silent prairie
See him wander in the hills alone
Always looking for that haven home
And the father of his father′s home
And a sanctuary


There's an endless plain
Beyond the curtain of the pouring rain
Where the golden prairie rolls forever
And the tall grass grows
Bitter wind blowing high and wild
Have mercy on your wayward child
In search of an age of gold
And the lord of the buffalo

Grey eagle left the blue-eyed town
Climbed the mountain where he once looked down
Saw the worry in the furrowed ground
And the heart plowed under
Woke walking in a dream one night
Saw a vision by the foxfire light
Mighty horns and a coat of white
And a voice like thunder

There's an endless plain
Beyond the curtain of the pouring rain
Where the golden prairie rolls forever
And the tall grass grows
Bitter wind blowing high and wild
Go easy little wayward child
There′s a home for the restless soul
Said the lord of the buffalo


Last night I heard the coyote wail
Slipped away from the white man′s jail
Went running down the trickster trail
With the moon behind me
In the hills before sunrise
Saw his silhouette against the sky
I'll be running ′til the day I die
'Fore the hunters find me

There′s an endless plain
Beyond the curtain of the pouring rain
Where the golden prairie rolls forever
And the tall grass grows
Bitter wind blowing high and wild
Gather up your little wayward child
So the saint and the sinner go
To the lord of the buffalo
So the saint and the sinner go
To the lord of the buffalo
So the saint and the sinner go
To the lord of the buffalo