Now That the Buffalo's Gone - Buffy Sainte-Marie

My nights grow long My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone I'm living my life all alone Or hit by a blow To my pride But I'm doing OK I won't let you see What this has done to me I guess I'll just take it in stride Come what may My nights grow long My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone How can one do what should be done by two I guess that's a crazy question to ask I might seem happy But don't be fooled by my appearance Make no mistake I'm just wearing a mask My nights grow long My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone Now that you're gone Now that you're gone My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long My nights grow long Now that you're gone My nights grow long

Well I can see heaven See it over the plain If I start running now I think I can make it And never look back again Your face is all around me Your keys are in my hand And everywhere I go I'll try to remember Exactly who I am 'Cause now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Free to make a mess of ever ything 'Cause nothing belongs to me 'Cause now that you're gone I can breathe We made a bed of roses But I got pricked by the thorns And on a long cold night I still think I'm bleeding But I wake up untorn Well I am a missing person I've lost it all but my name And, I'm afraid some long lonely road Will lead me back to you again Cause now that you're gone 'Cause now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Free to make a mess of everything 'Cause nothing belongs to me Now that you're gone Now that you're gone Now that you're gone 'Cause now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Free to make a mess of everything 'Cause nobody's watching me Now that you're gone I am free Now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Now that you're gone I can breathe

Now that she's gone you wanna come back Well is that a fact? You got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone Now that she's gone you wanna come back Is that a fact? Think you've got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone Take her to the movies Dinner all the time Shoppin' sprees for her On me you never spent a dime But I was there for you When you had nothing at all Then you got a little job and She's the one you call and Now that she's gone you wanna come back Well is that a fact? You got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone Now that she's gone you wanna come back Is that a fact? Think you've got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone You've taken me for granted But you only get one chance Then you left me hurting And it won't happen again no, no So she finally left you It ain't no surprise That you miss your water 'Cause your well went dry Now that she's gone you wanna come back Well is that a fact? You've got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone Now that she's gone you wanna come back Is that a fact? Think you've got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone Understand? I understand Why you think I want you back? After what you did to me Did you think you blinded me? Boy you know whatever you do It will all come back to you 'Cause you tried to play me like a fool Understand? I understand Why you think I want you back? After what you did to me Did you think you blinded me? Boy you know whatever you do It will all come back to you... Now that she's gone you wanna come back Well is that a fact? You've got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone Now that she's gone you wanna come back Is that a fact? Think you've got it like that? You made me wait too long, I'm gone [(repeat)] Thou shall not leave me wondering

I threw away a lifetime, you laughed and called it a sin There ain't ever gonna be a way to work it out not after a night like this I've been waiting on your call now, just the silence and me I know you want me to chase you around But I'm so tired of asking you please I'm through with this, I'll forget your kiss and move on There'll be no sleepless nights I'll be alright from now on I'm better off now that you're gone Better off now that you're gone You put me so far down, girl, I couldn't even stand on my own Ghosts of you would come back to me whenever I was alone Now the candles have all burned out and the doors are locked and chained Have no doubts, this time I've figured out a way to end all your games I'm through with this, I'll forget your kiss and move on There'll be no sleepless nights, I'll be alright from now on I'm better off now that you're gone Better off now that you're gone Nights spent with empty bottles and picking up broken glass I should've known from the very first night That this just never would last Oh, I'm through with this, I'll forget your kiss and move on There'll be no sleepless nights, I'll be alright from now on I'm better off now that you're gone Better off now that you're gone So much better off now that you're gone

I don't see the implication I think you're gonna have to draw the line It was never my intention To ever leave you behind But now I'm gone Walkin' right out the door No longer do I stare at the blackness And wonder what you want me to do Cause I got a diamond in my pocket And my eyes on a pair of shoes, yeah Now I'm gone I don't need you any more, no But baby, I'm gone I don't need you any more (Yeah, come on) By God as my witness I put the pieces of the puzzle away And all I ask for is forgiveness Because you know I'm coming back someday You have my soul Yeah, you know I'm coming back someday But now baby I'm gone I don't need you any more Oh yeah! I don't know what you come to do I don't know what you come to do I don't... I don't... I don't know what you come to do No baby, I don't know what you come to do Hey, but baby I'm gone I don't need you any more But now, baby I'm gone I don't need you anymore, no

I tippy-toe across your dream each night So as not to wake you Asleep in your summer A garland of flowers Yellow and white around your waist While I walk these paths of ice Ice my breast And strings of ice my hair My hands two hooks of steel Ice nose, snow eyes Frozen open mouth Flakes of snow your bridal veils I come down the soft white path Bouquets of poppies Spilling from my heart

My belly is a-cravin', I got a shakin' in my head, I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead. If I live 'til tomorrow, that'll be a long time, But I'll real and I'll fall and I'll rise on cod'ine, And it's reel, and it's real, one more time. Well, when I was a young girl, I learned not to care Off whiskey, and frlick I often did swear. My mother and father said, Whiskey's a curse. But the fate of their baby was many times worse, And it's reel, and it's reel, one more time. Stay away from the cities; stay away from the town, Stay away from the man pushin' codeine around, Stay away from the stores where the remedy is fine, For better your pain than be caught on cod'ine, And it's reel, and it's reel, one more time. You'll forget you're a woman, you'll forget about men, Try it just once, and you'll try it again. You'll forget about life, you'll forget about time, And you'll live off your days as a slave to cod'ine, And it's reel, and it's reel, one more time. But, if I die tomorrow, still one thing I've done, I've heeded the warning that I got when I was young. My one satisfaction, it comes when I think That I'm livin' my life without bendin' to drink, And it's real, and it's real, one more time. And my belly is a-cravin'; I got a shakin' in my head, I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead. If I live 'til tomorrow, that'll be a long time, But I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on cod'ine, And it's real, and it's real, one more time.

I tell you a story, it's a true one And I'll tell it like you'll understand And ain't gonna talk like some history man I look out and I see a land Young and lovely, hard and strong For fifty thousand years We've danced her praises Prayed our thanks and we've just begun This is, this is my country Young and growin' free and flowin' sea to sea Yes this is my country Ripe and bearing miracles in ev'ry pond and tree Her spirit walks the high country Givin' free wild samples And settin' an example how to give Yes, this is my country Retchin' and turnin', she's like a baby learnin' how to live I can stand upon a hill at dawn Look all around me, feel her surround me Soldier blue, can't you see her life has just begun? It's beating inside us Telling us she's here to guide us Ooh, soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? Ooh Yes, this is my country And I sprang from her and I'm learnin' how to count upon her Tall trees and the corn is high country Yes, I love her and I'm learnin' how to take care of her Whenever the news stories get me down I take a drink of freedom to think of North America from toe to crown It's never long before I know just why I belong here Ooh, soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? Soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? Soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Mi tabla, el mar, y yo Mi piel se moja com el sol Si en una ola yo voy Un mundo neuve encontrare Soy mas libre que un ave Me siento parte del mar Toda mi vida Un parti (?) estare Yo soy el mar Junta arena estoy yo Mi guitarra canta para el Las olas quieren jugar Y you las quiero besar You, your surfboard, and the sea The three of you all drenched in sun My guitar plays as you paddle out You're freeer than a bird, my love And all my life I'll stay beside you