Lord Of The Buffalo

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 balls
 he heard the fury of his daddy's fall
 came 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 own,
 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 blowin' high and wild, have mercy on your wayward child
 in search of an age ago 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
 he 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 pourin' rain
 where the golden prairie rolls forever and the tall grass grows
 bitter wind blowin' 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 runnin' down the trickster trail
 with the moon behind me
 in the hills before sunrise
 i saw a silhouette against the sky
 i'll be runnin' till the day i die
 or the hunters find me
 there's an endless plain beyond the curtain of the pourin' rain
 where the golden prairie rolls forever and the tall grass grows
 bitter wind blowin' 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