Singin' The Dinosaur Blues
Jerry Jeff Walker

Steven Fromholz


Me and my friends are getting long in the tooth

After three or four decades of seeking the truth

Trying to recover from misspent youth

And gradually giving in to knowledge


I know a picker who moved to Nepal

And another buddy's got a little shop in a mall

Some of my brothers ain't breathing at all

And others have given up privilege


But I'm still beating on my old guitar

Singing my songs in a smoky old bar

Hitching my wagon to a shooting star

And hoping that star don't fall

I'll keep picking as long as I can

But I don't want to die just a honky-tonk man

I'm just a buffalo singing the dinosaur blues


I was out last night, just me and a partner

Ain't nothing but a fool would drink that hard

You wind up sleeping in your buddy's front yard

And you wonder what to tell the little woman


Me and the band's up all night long

We was passing the pipe and banging the gong

Trying to remember one of Van Zandt's songs

Something about Mudd and Gold a-gamblin'


But I'm still walking down the lost highway

Doing what it takes to make my way

Knowing that I got a piper to pay

And hoping that I like the song


Maybe it'll be a ditty I know

I got people to see and places to go

Just an old buffalo singing the dinosaur blues


I've been a lucky man all of my life

I got two great kids and a wonderful wife

Got a rosewood guitar and a very sharp knife

And I got a handy little knack for rhymin'


I been blessed with a voice that can sing

And a faith in the future and what it may bring

And change is the very most natural of things

And life is mostly attitude and timing


One of these days, well, I'll disappear

You'll look around and I won't be here

Don't worry, buddy, there's nothing to fear

I'm just going where the rivers flow


You can find me in a rubbery boat

Down in Mexico you can send me a note

Care of a old buffalo singing the dinosaur


I've played Buffalo, I recall Dinah Shore

I'm just a buffalo singing the dinosaur blues


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Lyrics by Jerry Jeff Walker

  'Til I Gain Control Again   (Lookin' For) The Heart Of Saturday Night   (Lookin' For) The Heart Of Saturday Night   'til I Gain Control Again   A Letter Sung To Friends   About Her Eyes   Alright Guy   Backsliders Wine   Backsliders Wine   Bad Girl   Bad News   Banks of The Ol' Bandera   Barefootin'   Barefootin'   Bittersweet   Blue Mood   Blue Mood   Blues In Your Mind   Boats To Build   Boogie Mama   Boogie Mama   Born To Sing A Dancin' Song   Broken Toys   Broken Toys   But Not for Me   Candles and Cut Flowers   Candles And Cut Flowers   Carry Me Away   Carry Me Away   Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby   Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby   Charlie Dunn   Come Away To Belize With Me   Comfort And Crazy   Contrary To Ordinary   Cottage for Sale   Couldn't Do Nothin' Right   Couldn't Do Nothin' Right   Courage Of Love   Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits   Cross The Borderline   Curly and Lil'   Curly And Lil'   Dang Me   Dang Me   David and Me   David And Me   Dead Men Got No Dreams   Dealing With The Devil   Dear John Letter Lounge   Deeper Than Love   Desperadoes Waitin' For A Train   Desperadoes Waitin' For A Train   Desperados Waiting For A Train   Detour   Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?   Don't It Make You Wanna Dance? (Live)   Don't Think Twice, It's Alright   Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?   Don't Think Twice, It's Alright   Down In Texas   Down That Road   Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues   Every Drop Of Water   Flowers In The Snow   Follow   Follow   For Little Jessie   Fred Neil Medley   Get It Out   Gettin' By   Gettin' By   Gonzo Compadres   Good Lovin' Grace   Good Lovin' Grace   Goodbye Easy Street   Got Lucky Last Night   Got Lucky Last Night   Green Back Dollar   Gringo In Belize   Gypsy Songman   Hairy Ass Hillbillies   Hands On The Wheel   Happiness Is A Good Place To Visit But It Was So S...   He Was A Friend Of Mine   Headful Of Nothin'   Headful Of Nothin'   Help Me Now   Higher Ground   Hill Country Rain   How Long Has This Been Going On?   I Ain't Living Long Like This   I Ain't Living Long Like This   I Fall in Love Too Easily   I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight   I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight.   I Keep Changin'   I Keep Changin'   I Love You   I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)   I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)   I Promise To Love You   I Spent All My Money Lovin' You   I Spent All My Money Lovin' You   I'll Be Here In The Morning   I'll Be Your San Antone Rose   I'm All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad   I'm Not Strange   I'll Be Here In The Morning   I'll Be Your San Antone Rose   I'm All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad   I'm Not Strange   If I'd Loved You Then   If I'd Loved You Then   It Don't Matter   It Don't Matter   It Make You Want To Dance   It's A Good Night For Singing   It's A Good Night For Singing   Jaded Lover   Janet Says   Jingle Bells   Just To Celebrate   Keep Texas Beautiful   L. A. Freeway   L.A. Freeway   Last Night I Fell In Love Again   Last Song   Layin' My Life on the Line   Layin' My Life On The Line   Leavin' Texas   Leavin' Texas   Leroy   Let 'er Go   Let 'er Go   Let The Ponies Run   Life On The Road   Life's Too Short   Life's Too Short   Like A Coat From The Cold   Little Bird   Little Man   Little Town Of New Orleans   London Homesick Blues   Lone Wolf   Long Ol' Dusty Road   Long Ol' Dusty Road   Long, Long Time   Love Changes Everything   Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile   Lovin' Of The Game   Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile   Lovin' Of The Game   Lucky Man   Man With The Big Hat   Manny's Hat Song   Manny's Hat Song   May Music Be Your Wings   May Music Be Your Wings   Maybe Mexico   Maybe Mexico   Me And Bobbie Mcgee   Me and Bobby McGee   Mississippi You're On My Mind   Mississippi You're On My Mind   More Often Than Not   Morning Song To Sally   Mountains Of Mexico   Movin' On   Movin' On   Mr. Bojangles   Mr. Bojangles [*]   Mr. Bojangles [#]   Mr. Bojangles [Live]   My Old Man   Navajo Rug   Night Rider's Lament   Night Rider's Lament   Nolan Ryan   Nolan Ryan(He's A Hero To Us All)   Nolan Ryan(He's A Hero To Us All)   Northeast Texas Women   O.D. Corral   Ol' 55   Ol' 55   Old Five And Dimers   Old Five And Dimers Like Me   Old Nashville Cowboy   Old Road   Pick Up The Tempo   Pickup Truck Song   Pissin' In The Wind   Pissin' In The Wind   Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black   Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black   Promise   Public Domain   Quiet Faith Of Man   Railroad Lady   Ramblin', Scramblin'   Ramblin', Scramblin'   Rhythm Of The Rain   Rhythm Of The Rain (Bonus Out Take)   Rock & Roll My Baby   Rock & Roll My Baby   Rock and Roll My Baby   Rockin' Chair   Rockin' On The River   Rockin' On The River   Rodeo Cowboy   Rodeo Wind   Round And Round   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   Sailing   Sangria Wine   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Saturday Night Special   Seasons Change   Seasons Change   She Knows Her Daddy Sings   She Left Me Holdin'   She Left Me Holdin'   She Made Herself A Promise   Singin' The Dinosaur Blues   Sloop John B.   So Bad Last Night   Some Day I'll Get Out   Some Day I'll Get Out   Some Go Home   Some Phone Numbers   Standin' At The Big Hotel   Standin' At The Big Hotel   Still Around   Stoney   Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin   Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin   Takin' It As It Comes   Takin' It As It Comes   Tangee   Texas On My Mind   That Old Beat Up Guitar   That Old Beat-Up Guitar   That Old Time Feeling   The Ballad Of The Hulk   The Cape   The Christmas Song   The Continuing Saga of the Classic Bummer...   The Continuing Saga Of The Classic Bummer...   The Dutchman   The Dutchman   The First Showboat   The Gift   The Man He Used To Be   The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder   The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder   The Other Jerry Jeff   The Road You Choose   The Road You Choose   The Wheel   Then Came The Children   Those Were The Days   Time To Stay Home   To The Artist   Too Old To Change   Tracks Run Through The City   Trashy Women   Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With a Sail   Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With A Sail   Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother   Up Against The Wall, Red Neck   Up Against The Wall, Red Neck (Live 1973, Luckenba...   Very Short Time   Viva Luckenbach   Wanted For Love   We Were Kind Of Crazy Then   We Were Kinda Crazy Then   We Wish You a Merry Christmas   What Are We Doing?   What I Like About Texas   When I Had You   Where Was I   White Christmas   Will There Be Any   Wind   Wingin' It Home To Texas   Wingin' It Home To Texas   Woman In Texas   Won't You Give Me One More Chance   Won't You Give Me One More Chance

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