Pierce Pettis - Chase the Buffalo lyrics

Indians of long ago Followed after buffalo They found a use for every part Everything except his heart I have wandered like those herds Lost in music, lost in words But the hunger leads me on Seductive like a siren's song And I can put my ear right to the ground Just to hear those motors humming The pounding sound of hoofbeats Like a thousand guitars strumming And there is music in all this It is all material Before the beauty melts like snow Chase the buffalo People in these halls and bars They wish on me like I'm a star But I can never fill that hole I am not their buffalo And the gravity of the situation makes me start to fall My guitar like a fire alarm is ringing off the wall And there is music in all this It is all material Before the beauty melts like snow Chase the buffalo East of Eden, west of the night The sun lies bleeding in a dying light And the lady in the Cheyenne moon Is singing out her mournful tune So I chase the herds again Smear the warpaint on my skin Riding west with all my might Where the sun is holding off the night I cannot name this pa**ion Don't know where this stuff comes from Maybe its a trail of tears Or just a trail of crumbs But there is music in all this It is all material Before the beauty melts like snow Chase the buffalo