[Intro] Ta ta ta tanka American buffalo Ta ta ta ta ta ta Tanka American buffalo ⸻ [Verse 1] Eyes hang heavy, matted hide Four hooves draggin prairie time Patchwork winter, patchy nerve Don’t blink first She don’t swerve One ton hush when she come through Circle wide when the calves move Protective yeah she mean it Ground don’t argue Ground just leans in ⸻ [Chorus] She don’t bluff She B Buff She B Buff Iron hide don’t need luck American She B Buff Dust and blood Bone and mud One ton truth no handcuffs American She B Buff ⸻ [Verse 2] Buffalo soldier chrome and dust Iron bikers faith in rust Twenty-five boots on spine Nineteen hundred miles of line Indian head between my fingers Nickel worn to almost gone Native face side-eye stare Obverse reverse Still there What’s it worth? ⸻ [Break] Ta ta ta tanka Ta ta ta tanka Buffalo breath Buffalo skin Buffalo milk Where we begin ⸻ [Verse 3] Bill Cody with blood-clean hands Buffalo hunter mic’d and tanned Showman west myth on lease Sellin death In minor keys Trapper bullwhacker fifty-nine Wagon bent but right on time Hotel manager stagecoach grin History Checkin in ⸻ [Bridge] Buffalo grass under borrowed feet Native turf distilled and neat Żubrówka burn green-vein bright Prairie ghost burn all night Chicken Springfield Nickel steel Dust don’t care how empire feel ⸻ [Final Chorus] She don’t bluff She B Buff Buff Buff Buff Hide and bone breath and blood American She B Buff One ton truth No handcuffs Prairie pulse still kickin dust American She B Buff Ta ta ta tanka
