Buffalo

[Verse 1]

Buffalo once roamed

The great expanse of our country

Now they stand in the sandbox

In the corner of the city

We had our picnics in the park

Watching the bicycle

Once a proud and noble beast

Now the butt of our bad jokes

[Chorus]

You saw me off at the station

In your leopard print coat and hat

It was a cliché, we had to laugh

Waving at me as I left

But the laughter made us sadder

Than the leaving could have had

In a flash I cried

Oh, goodbye, girl of mine

[Verse 2]

When it came time for me to go

The buffalo had the last laugh

Waiting at the gate

They sneered, they strut, they prance

How did I know I thought a thing like that?

A fling was only fleeting

An instant in the distant past

Made to end, not made to last

[Chorus]

You saw me off at the station

In your leopard print coat and hat

Was a cliché, we had to laugh

Waving at me as I left

But the laughter made us sadder

Than the leaving could have had

In a flash I cried

Oh, goodbye, girl, it was a time

[Outro]

What a time, a time to remember

Something that good can't last forever

But now I wonder if it might have after all

As the train pulled away, it hit me

What I really would be missing?

Leaving was not as bitter or sweet

As laughter could be