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Two Cold Nights in Buffalo
Courtney Marie Andrews


Stuck in Nickel City on the tainted side of a coin
El Niño brought a blizzard, the Greyhound brought a boy
Those yellow city lights accent the gutters and the rats
Only the cheap motels were open, wrong side of the tracks
Two cold nights in Buffalo
On the way to see you
Outside town, all the roads are closed
Gonna wash this rust belt new
Snowy prison out on Main Street, heaters hang from the cells
A bum searches for shelter, so cold he dreams of hell
It's that American Dream dying, I hear the whispers of each ghost
Of a wealthy man who once died in downtown Buffalo
Two cold nights in Buffalo
On the way to see you
Outside town, all the roads are closed
Gonna wash this rust belt new
Gonna wash it new
What happened to the middle class, mom-and-pop, five-and-dimes?
Soon they'll be knocking it all down to build that high-rise
What happened to the good old boys rollin' dice in the street?
What happened to the neighborhood and the neighbors who had moved?
What happened to recreation? That old roller skating rink?
What happened to preserving this town's history?
Two cold nights in Buffalo
On the way to see you
Outside town, all the roads are closed
Gonna wash this rust belt new
Gonna wash it new


(Songwriter: Courtney Marie Andrews
Two Cold Nights in Buffalo lyrics © SC Publishing Dba Secretly Canadian Pub.)

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The words that jump out at me are things like:

 

stuck

tainted
gutters 
rats
cheap motels
wrong side of the tracks
snowy prison
bum
dying
died
 
Should do a lot to improve your average American's idea of Buffalo!
 
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10 hours ago, T&C said:

This could be Buffalo in Montana.... tee hee

 

I drove through Buffalo, Montana once... I was so excited to see the sign but I don't even recall a stop light.  It was a "blink and you missed it".

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13 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

The words that jump out at me are things like:

 

stuck

tainted
gutters 
rats
cheap motels
wrong side of the tracks
snowy prison
bum
dying
died
 
Should do a lot to improve your average American's idea of Buffalo!
 
:thumbdown:
 

 

Well it’s my home ... and I can say I’ve been stuck, in tainted places, with the rats in the gutters... thank goodness I’ve never needed the cheap motels because I didn’t grow up on the wrong side of the tracks.. but I have seen that snowy prison and many a bum ??

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