Hurray for the Riff Raff's "Buffalo" from the album 'The Past Is Still Alive,' out on Nonesuch Records: https://hurrayfortheriffraff.lnk.to/t...

Director/Editor/DP: Jeff Perlman
Gaffer: Chris O'Malley
AC/Grip/Swing: Andrew Degner
AC/Projections: Ryan Gleeson
Projections: Alice Feldt
Field Producer: Andrew Funkhouser
Hair and Makeup: Krystyn Johnson
Filmed at Chicago Field Museum in Chicago, IL, and Broken Wagon Bison Ranch in Hobart, IN

Alynda Segarra - All Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Shaker
Brad Cook - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Phil Cook - Dobro, Piano, Organ
Yan Westerlund - Drums
Mike Mogis - Pedal Steel

BUFFALO
(written by Alynda Segarra)

Two moons and a raging river,
Saddled up by the piñon fire.
Drove out to the edge of the pueblo,
Bought a drum from a man who cried.
And the children's shoes on the ceiling,
and the way that you held my hand.
And I yelled and I didn't know the reason,
But I knew that you'd understand.

Two weeks just to catch the buffalo,
Two weeks just to catch the buffalo,
Some things take time,
I know they do.

I hope our time will never go,
I hope our time will never go.
Two weeks just to catch the Buffalo.

Will we go like the wooly mammoth?
Or the dear dodo.
Gone like the bachman's warbler,
Disappeared like the melting snow.
Little mariana fruit bats,
Or the bridled white eyed bird?
Or will we keep on running?
Like the sound of the buffalo herd.

That Sky Red Hawk recorded,
Out on his cousin's farm.
Up north in Minnesota,
He tied the recorded in the yard,
Up to a gate post waiting.
He slept out in a tent to hear,
The rumble of the big stampede,
That one day magically appeared.

Two weeks just to catch the buffalo,
Two weeks just to catch the buffalo,
Some things take time,
I know they do.

I hope our time will never go,
I hope our time will never go.
Two weeks just to catch the Buffalo.

And I want us to be like that,
Running wild and running free.
This year tried to kill us baby,
Well good luck trying,
You can't catch me.
And I'll jump off this cliff with you,
If that means we will survive.
Cause we drove out to the desert,
Just to leave the past behind.

Our footsteps fall in shadows,
Treading light down the canyon trail.
And the sun is barely rising,
and the stars like a wedding veil.
And I cannot lie to you,
Cause you can read my mind.
So I think I'll try with you,
Some things just take some time.

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