Songs That Mention Buffalo, NY in Them [LIST]
Could you nail any of these?
It was actually tough for me to think of some of these, so this little project has taken quite some time and the trusty help of Google. I found some of the most pro-Buffalo songs out there. (Very slowly, but they were there). It was pretty cool to go through all genres of music finding songs that mean enough to an artist to mention the Queen City, let alone some who wrote an entire song about Buffalo.
Can you remember any of these songs that mention 'Buffalo' or reference Western New York in them? Can you add any more to the list?
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Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
And it's a long way to Buffalo
It's a long way to Belfast city too
And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist
'Cause this town, they bit off more than they can chew. - 2
Big And Rich - Comin' To Your City
And Chippewa's where we go
When we're up in Buffalo
Don't you know those yankees drink enough to DROWN - 3
Grateful Dead - Truckin'
Truckin', up to Buffalo. Been thinkin', you got to mellow slow
Takes time, you pick a place to go, and just keep truckin' onSittin' and starin' out of the hotel window
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again - 4
The Church - Buffalo
Snow came up Friday, I gotta go
Spending winter up in Buffalo
Someone I met there is calling me so
Got to escape the blues man, don't you know - 5
Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere
I've been to, Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo
Toronto... - 6
John Fogerty --Rock And Roll Girls
If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo
Sit by the lake and watch the world go by
Ladies in the sun, listenin' to the radio
Like flowers on the sand, the rainbow in my mind - 7
Tragically Hip--At The Hundredth Meridian
At the hundredth meridian (trust me)
Where the great plains begin
I remember, I remember Buffalo
And I remember Hengelo - 8
Rick James--Below The Funk
I was born in a city we call Buffalo
Zero degrees below is too damn cold and funky
Mama raised me on the numbers racket
With eight kids and no father
Said she couldn't hack it - 9
Goo Goo Dolls--Broadway
Broadway's dark tonight
A little bit weaker than you used to be
Broadway's dark tonight
See the young man sittin' in the old man's bar
Waitin' for his turn to die - 10
Bruce Spingsteen--Erie Canal
We haul'd some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay
We know every inch of the way
From Albany to BuffaloLow bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal