Shades Of A Blue Orphanage

Buffalo {repeat 16 times}

Buffalo gal,
You've had your fun
Your button's undone
And the time's right for slaughter
Buffalo gal
You're thirsty and there's no more water
Like the lamb on the altar
And it's sad to see you looking down and feeling blue
Try your best to get on up and see it through
In a while you might smile and see the sun
Oww, the day has begun

{chorus}
And buffalo gal,
They're closing down the old dance hall
Ummm, buffalo gal,
What we gonna do now?

Buffalo gal,
Due to these circumstances
There's no more dances
Buffalo gal,
[buffalo] all your chances of further romances
Will have to be nil
'til i can get it sung
Is a shame your only claim to fame is jessie james
You know his middle name
That's very strange
Stranger, you knew a friend called the friendly ranger
Oh, ya shared the danger

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Buffalo {repeat 16 times}

Buffalo gal,
You must try a big step
You've got a big jump ahead
Buffalo gal,
The show left town
Spreading sunshine all around
And it's bad to see ya, ooh, lookin' blue
Dry your eyes and i'll apologise for all the lies
Try a smile and in a while, just in a while
You'll be smiling through

Ooh, buffalo gal,
They're closin' down the old dance hall [buffalo {repeat 10 times} gal, gal]
And buffalo gal,
Oh, you look so good somehow [buffalo {repeat 9 times} gal]
Oh buffalo gal,
Oh, that's such a pretty dress [buffalo {repeat 8 times} gal]
Buffalo gal,
The show left town [buffalo {repeat 8 times} gal, gal]
Buffalo gal,
Take a picture
Of buffalo gal [buffalo {repeat 10 times}]

I was seldom sober in nineteen hundred and fifthy-four
Hey baby, maybe 'cause my baby had a baby by me
And i was still drinking dry gin
While you cried "no, no more"
And you were lyin' and a-cryin',
And your tears fell dying on the floor

And i'm brought down,
And i don't think i can get up again
Brought down,
My heart is hurt again

You were the fine lady in the early mornings
That always painted her toes
And lookin' towards the east
You'd say hello to the early dawn before they rose
And you were the love lady
That always hung up her finely pressed clothes
And sayin' so long to the western sundown,
You taught me how it grows

And i'm brought down,
And i don't think i can get up again
Brought down,
And you just hurt my heart again
Brought down
Brought down
I'm brought down

Brought down
Brought down
Brought down
Down

I'm brought down,
And i don't think i can get up again
I'm brought down,
I'm hurt, it's bad
[brought down]
God, it's a shame there's no more dr. strangely strange {dss=1960/70's band}
[brought down]
And i'm brou.....[brought down]......ught down
[brought down]
And there must be more to life than this

I worked for the union and on my very first communion, you know,
It never ever, ever, ever worked out right
So i spent the night sleepin' on the railway
I worked for the foundry and man my mind it nearly drowned
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
It never, it could never work out right
So i said "so long, amigo. good night" and slept on the railway

The railway, there's no better way, ooh the railway
And it's nice to talk to you today

I worked for the miller, a very, very nice type of fell-a {fellow}
But i could see that it was never gonna work out right
So i split and spent the night sleeping on the railway
I worked in the subway arc, oh yeah, yeah
You know it never, no no never, no never no, ever no, worked out right
So i said "so long" and spent the night on the railway

The railway, give me a bottle of whiskey, ooh the railway
Ooh, there's nothin' like the railway

And i'd like to thank someone for mascara and good things that i done
And for the time ya spent and the friendship begun
And most of all starry nights on the railway
Ooh, i don't know no better way
Than just, ooh, lyin' back an' drifting away
I can hear it, i can hear it

Captain's hair
Shone softly in the sun
Rode on his best mare
To sarah

Schoolboy eyes
Would stare in innocent fun
Never told no lies,
He loved sarah

{chorus}
Whispered by a bramble,
Carried by a brook
To every fishers hook,
"sarah"

Fragrant fields
Playing croquet in the sun
Nothing appeals
Like sarah

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Out of sight, do it
The people rose and set off for the sun
At night they read their star signs
A people proud for they know their kingdom come
Their skin was tanned by moonshine

{chorus}
Got to keep-a-movin'
Got to keep-a-movin' on
Got to keep-a-movin'
Got to keep-a-movin' on
Got to keep-a-movin'
Got to keep-a-movin' on

I know now why they gone and it's all past
There come a european
His love was good but his lust, it lingered last
And stuck like a devil demon

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On lonely nights you can hear the distant call
And good hearts hear the rhythm
And now i know pride before a fall
On the road to freedom

{repeat chorus}

Woh, woh, woh, woh, now
I'm an insider, baby [or "human inside, baby"?]
So long, baby
Goodbye