Hurray for the Riff Raff's "Buffalo," from the album 'The Past Is Still Alive,' out on Nonesuch Records: hurrayfortheri... #hurrayfortheriffraff #thepastisstillalive
I have listened to this album non-stop since its release: on my bike, with my hands burning from the Berlin winter cold, in the shower, on the way to my three-hour German class, which I take three times a week after a full-time job; also when writing, when cooking with my partner. Specially this song has become a guide for surfing through the sometimes alienating repetition and routine. Thank you for the chorus, Alynda! It is so simple, yet so beautiful and evocative, like a prayer :)
Had never heard of them before. Saw them last night open for Norah Jones in Vail, CO. I was instantly hooked 45 seconds into the first song. And you could feel everyone there felt the same way. By the third song, people largely had stopped talking like normally they do during openers, and were fully focused. I am addicted now! 😎
This song brought up a lot for me. A pure release of tears. This is such a beautiful album in so many ways that I’ll take with me forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Alynda!
I was listening to this song this afternoon. I was driving my new to me car home from a little road trip in the pouring rain. The car was handling amazingly well in the rain. It felt perfect. This song made me cry. It made me realize how incredibly lucky I am. I just got my dream car, I have my dream job. And I have the best friend in the world I can ever imagine having. I want my life to go on forever I love it so much. I love being alive.
LYRICS: Two moons and a raging river Saddled up by the pinyon fire Drove out to the edge of the pueblo Bought a drum from a man who cried And the children's show is on the ceiling And the way that you hold 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 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 Two weeks just to catch the buffalo Will we go like the woolly mammoth Or the de do do Gone like the Bachman's warbler Disappeared like the melting snow Little Mariana fruit bats Or the bridled white-eye bird Or will we keep on running Like the sound of the buffalo herd That Sky Redhawk recorded Out on his cousin's farm Up north in Minnesota He tied the recorder in the yard Up to a gatepost waiting 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 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 Two weeks just to catch the buffalo I don't 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 And 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 more time Two weeks just to catch the buffalo Two weeks just to catch the buffalo Some things take time (I know they do) 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 Two weeks just to catch the buffalo Two weeks just to catch the buffalo Two weeks just to catch the buffalo Some things take time (I know they do) 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 Two weeks just to catch the buffalo
wow i was in a very different place when i listened to the riff raff ten years ago, just clicked on this its like putting a favourite old coat on that i lost, i was single then i met the love of my life naj 11 years ago boom in the blink of an eye im back here !
