Buffalo, 1981 - Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover

Buffalo, 1981

101

On Tour

Singer/Songwriter

Buffalo, 1981 was released on November 21, 2025 by Fat Possum Records as a part of the album What of Our Nature

Song Details

AlbumWhat of Our Nature

Release DateNovember 21, 2025

LabelFat Possum Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM68

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Haley Heynderickx

Haley Heynderickx

Lead Vocals

Max García Conover

Max García Conover

Lead Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Max García Conover

Max García Conover

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Sahil Ansari

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hungry people want food, so the wealthy make committees

And they say things like, "The problem is single-parent families"

And the parents they imprison weren't gonna be good anyway

And the parents they employ should be grateful when they're paid

[Verse 2]

From the redwoods to the gulf stream to the buffalo roaming between

You told me that the president fired your mom

And a bunch of other labor lawyers in 1981

You were touched with all the radiance a sudden sun discloses

Circulating roses with air traffic controllers

Now the same parade's been happening, been going back and forth

We could've made protected classes of the masses of the poor

[Verse 3]

From the redwoods to the Gulf Stream to the buffalo roaming between

This scarcity, this poverty, this apple on the dappled tree

Is eaten by somebody using someone else's teeth

This dripping spit, hit-or-miss debtor lord wilderness

Cats with the tails snipped that wail when the wind shifts

You can buy a body, sell a body, build a body store

The USA hates you being poor

[Verse 4]

There's a lot that's getting through the walls

There's a wolfing of the warbler's calls

When you're looking at your feet and there's a tremor in the land

Of the lives that came before, that you may never understand

Though you listen, though you try

That old diamond, that old sky

[Outro]

Nothing comes from nothing, but there's nowhere else to start

There's a raven in the rafters, and he's aiming for your heart

There's a way of congregating where you give someone your hand

And keep the other one wide open for whoever else comes in

There's a song worth singing when somebody's at your door

When I say, "This is mine," what I mean is, "It's yours"

Written by: Max García Conover

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