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NOW THAT THE BUFFALO'S GONE | NOW THAT THE BUFFALO'S GONE |
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Can you remember the times | Can you remember the times |
That you have held your head high | That you have held your head high |
and told all your friends of your Indian claim | and told all your friends of your Indian claim |
Proud good lady and proud good man | Proud good lady and proud good man |
Some great great grandfather from Indian blood came | your great great grandfather from Indian blood sprang |
and you feel in your heart for these ones | and you feel in your heart for these ones |
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Oh it's written in books and in song | Oh it's written in books and in songs |
that we've been mistreated and wronged | that we've been mistreated and wronged |
Well over and over I hear those same words | Well over and over I hear those same words |
from you good lady and you good man | From you good lady and you good man |
Well listen to me if you care where we stand | Well listen to me if you care where we stand |
and you feel you're a part of these ones | And you feel you're a part of these ones |
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When a war between nations is lost | When a war between nations is lost |
the loser we know pays the cost | The loser, we know, pays the cost |
but even when Germany fell to your hands | But even when Germany fell to your hands |
consider dear lady, consider dear man | Consider dear lady, consider dear man |
you left them their pride and you left them their land | You left them their pride and you left them their land |
and what have you done to these ones | And what have you done to these ones |
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Has a change come about my dear man | Has a change come about Uncle Sam |
or are you still taking our lands | Or are you still taking our lands |
A treaty forever your senators sign | A treaty forever George Washington signed |
They do dear lady, they do dear man | He did dear lady, he did dear man |
and the treaties are broken again and again | And the treaty's being broken by Kinzua Dam |
and what will you do for these ones | And what will you do for these ones |
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Oh it's all in the past you can say | Oh, it's all in the past you can say |
but it's still going on here today | But it's still going on here today |
The governments now want the Navaho land | The government now want the Iroquois land |
that of the Inuit and the Cheyenne | That of the Senaca and the Cheyenne |
It's here and it's now you can help us dear man | It's here and it's now you can help us dear man |
Now that the buffalo's gone. | Now that the buffalo's gone. |