Donna the Buffalo In This Life Music and Lyrics by Jeb Puryear In this life, in this life, in this life We leave a trail that’s far and wide Good or bad, bad or good Our memories decide There’s someplace that where I’ve been Where you can still see the wounds They say to myself when I look at the scars Just who do you think you are? Innocent, innocent no more I saw and I saw and I shut the door Innocent, innocent no more I knew it was wrong but I did it some more In ’78 I went through a rude spell I knew it was fate, but I couldn’t really tell I thought that this was the way it was always going to be I hated everyone and everyone hated me In ’88 I went through a great spell I knew it was fate, but I couldn’t really tell I knew that this was the way I wanted it to be I loved everyone and everyone loved me Every action has a reaction Every life has a life to lead Every human needs a fancy reason Why they should live or breathe I started feeling sorry for myself For one thing or another I’m trying hard to blame somebody else For the miseries that I’ve discovered I make a wish over a boiling cauldron That I pass only strengths onto the children And may the spirit move me to laugh and to sing And I won’t be drowned by the little things Until that day when there are no more desires And I put out all my little fires There’s nothing left but a wishful song And there will be no right or wrong Until that day, until that day, until that day Sights and sounds they’ll get to me