Wild Buffalo

by Amber Ikeman

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Mama, I am restless
I sit around all day
Waiting for some wrangler
To come take me away
And would it be such a sin
If I were to stray
From the promised path you have laid?

Mama, I am tired of doing what I’m told
Why you all so worried that soon I’ll be too old?
I’m saving all the time that so many have sold
There’s no room for another half, ‘cause I am whole

I’ve been trapped inside this picket fence too long
But a drifting spirit never can be tamed
I have purpose past a rocking chair, beyond the herds
I will run with wild buffalo and fly with summer birds

Mama, I am sorry this isn’t what you dreamed
A rebel daughter wandering, no man or family
Yet somehow still surviving on her own two feet
Living life for no one else but me

Mama, you were married before you turned eighteen
I know you can’t stand fighting; would you do it differently?
But mama, times are turning, how can you disagree?
We have every right to be free

(Chorus)

I have no debt, I have no duty
No one to obey
So I’m off to roam the valleys and the plains
I am not somebody’s property to claim

(Chorus)

credits

released November 2, 2017
Music and lyrics by Amber Ikeman

Acoustic guitar, vocals - Amber Ikeman
Tremolo guitar - Amber Ikeman, Chris Cunningham
Bass - Russell Smith
Drums - Lane Norberg
Baritone, slide guitar - Jim Lewis

Produced by Amber Ikeman and Chris Cunningham
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Basecamp Recording, Bozeman, MT

Cover by Prances Design, Inc.

Copyright Amber Ikeman 2017

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Amber Ikeman Nashville, Tennessee

Amber Ikeman’s music is water, quenching your soul and soothing your heart. Images from her years working in Yellowstone National Park and Bozeman, Montana give a living backdrop to her lyrics of self-discovery, wildness, resilience, and women’s issues.

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