Buffalo once roamed   The great expanse of our country   Now they stand in the sandbox   In the corner of the city   We had our picnics in the park   Watching the bison mope   Once a proud and noble beast   Now the butt of our bad jokes      You saw me off at the station   In your leopard print coat and hat   It was so a cliché we had to laugh   Waving at me as I left   But when the laughter made us sadder   Than the leaving could have had   In a flash I cried   Oh, goodbye girl of mine      When it came time for me to go   The buffalo had the last laugh   Waiting at the gate they sneered   They strut and pranced   How did I know I though   A thing like that   A fling was only fleeting   An instant in the distant past   Meant to end not made to last      You saw me off at the station   In your leopard print coat and hat   It was so a cliché we had to laugh   Waving at me as I left      But when the laughter made us sadder   Than the leaving could have had   In a flash I cried   Goodbye girl, it was a time   What a time a time to remember   Something that good   Can't last forever   But now I wonder if   It might have after all      As the train pulled away, it hit me   What I really would be missing   As laughter could be   Leaving wa not as bitter or sweet