• Well, listen everybody
  To what I got to say
  There's hope for tomorrow
  Ooh,we're workin' on today
  Well, it happened long time ago
  In the new magic land
  The Indian and the buffalo
  They existed hand in hand
  
  The Indian needed food
  He needed skins for a roof
  But he only took what they needed, baby
  Millions of buffalo were the proof
  
  Yeah,its all right
  But then came the white man
  With his thick and empty head
  He couldn't see past the billfold
  
  He wanted all the buffalo dead
  It was sad
  It was sad
  Oh yeah, yes indeed
  Oh yes
  
  It happened a long time ago, baby
  In the new magic land
  See, the Indian and the buffalo
  They existed hand in hand
  
  The Indians, they needed some food
  And some skins for a roof
  They only took what they needed, baby
  Millions of buffalo were the proof, yeah
  
  But then came the white dogs
  With their thick and empty heads
  They couldn't see past the billfold
  They wanted all the buffalo dead
  Everything was so sad
  
  When I looked above the canyon wall
  Some strong eyes did I see
  I think its somebody comin' around
  To save my ass, baby
  I think, I think he's comin' around
  To save you and me
  
  Boys
  
  I said, above the canyon wall
  Strong eyes did glow
  It was the leader of the land, baby
  
  Oh my God!
  The great white buffalo
  Look out! Look out!
  
  Well, he got the battered herd
  He led 'em cross the land
  With the great white buffalo
  They gonna make a final stand
  
  The great white buffalo
  Comin' around to make a final stand
  Well, look out here he comes
  
  The great white buffalo, baby
  The great white buffalo
  Look out, here he comes
  He's doin' all right
  
  Makin' everything all right
  Yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: Ted Nugent
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• Fabulous Faux Furher from Cosmic Cavernstoo often people miss the meaning of our oldest stories, thinking they're to commemerate a man or other hero.
  no matter how this telling may differ from any other version, the resolution holds the meaning; a species resolved its extinction crisis through adaptation.
  one can hope other pessons are imparted to the listener--protection of where one eats from the excrement of invasive species, and that sometimes an ostracized individual's original thought is not the societal death warrant the herd often mistakes it for.
  too many times these proud white buffalo die in obscurity without recognition for their worth. it is truly sad, and lonely, with only their own satisfaction in living well the way the loved for comfort.
• Wecer from Nj@Tedstranglehold from Usofa
  
  Apparently you can’t read or use common sense. How ironic.
• Anonymous from UsaThe Buffalo killing was to kill off our native brothers and sister by killing their food source and use of hides for their survival this goes very deep into the soul of the white man's lack of understanding of my people or their suffering. nuff said
• Tedstranglehold from UsofaBow and arrow was the Native American way, not guns. His pervy lyrics are really disgusting knowing he slept with underage girls. But stick up for him, he is your role model Sweatyteddy. Good for you. Ted and Weinstein should be cell mates.
• Sweatyteddy from UsaApparently Jim doesn't know what feral hogs do to the habitat, and that hog hunts that are carried out in such away are necessary for the region to remain inhabitable by hundreds to thousands of other species of wildlife and vegetation. But yeah, let's take one situation out of context to try and destroy Ted's character, because you can't grasp simple ecology.
• Jim from UsaWith videos of him machine-gunning hogs from a helicopter and an obsession with killing for pleasure, I can't match the theme of this song with Nugent the wildlife serial killer. Either he lost his morals on the way to becoming a full-blown wingnut, or he was a hypocrite all along.

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