No More Buffalo

[Verse 1]
I guess we knew the cards were stacked
Started out the best of friends
And we beat that highway 'til it quit beatin' back
It didn't mean much in the end
Some you win, some you lose, some you throw away

We headed South across those Colorado plains
Just as empty as the day
We looked around at all we saw and all we'd hoped to see
Looking out through the bugs on the windshield
Somebody said to me

[Chorus]
No more buffalo, blue skies or open road
No more rodeo, no more noise
Take this Cadillac park it out in back
Mama's callin', put away the toys

[Verse]
Don't chase that carrot 'til it makes you sick
What do you think you're gonna prove?
Just let it dangle 'til it falls off that stick
That's when you make your move

Don't go chasin' after shootin' stars
Tryin' to make yourself a name
You could joust at windmills with that ol' Fender guitar
Probably do about the same

[Chorus]
No more buffalo, blue skies or open road
No more rodeo for these old boys
Take my Cadillac park it out in back
Mama's callin', put away the toys

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
I never thought they'd ever doubt my words
I guess they were just too tired to care
I'd point to the horizon, to the dust of the herds
Still hoverin' in the air
Somebody said it ain't any such
Man you wish so hard you're scarin' me
'Cause those are combines kickin' up that dust
But you can see what you want to see

And go on chasin' after what used to be there
Top that rise and face the pain
But man they were here, they were here I swear
Not just these bleachin' bones, stretchin' across the plain

[Chorus]
No more buffalo, blue skies or open road
No more rodeo for this old boy
Take my Cadillac park it out in back
Mama's callin', put away the toys

[Chorus]
No more buffalo, blue skies or open road
No more rock and roll 'cause we all know it
Take my Cadillac park it out in back
Mama's callin', put away the toys