"Buffalo Girls is a 1990 novel written by American author Larry McMurtry about Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary, 185?-1903). It is written in the novel prose style mixed with a series of letters from Calamity Jane to her daughter. In her letters, Calamity describes herself as being a drunken hellraiser but never an outlaw. Her letters also describe her larger-than-life cohorts.
McMurtry's ability for characterization and storytelling shines as he depicts gritty events and relationships in the life of fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, prostitutes, and Indians as the Wild West fades away changing their way of life. The characters struggle, and many fail, to adapt to the settling of the West. In an effort to adapt and relive the Wild West, many of the characters, along with Calamity Jane, resort to performing in Bill Cody's Wild West show. They exploit and are exploited by their frontier lifestyle, before being defeated by it in the end."
I think this song is a reflection of similarities, that he's in a relationship with someone who prides herself on living extravagantly. In the end he knows that her lifestyle will ruin her, but he's rather cynical and almost indifferent.
Well, I don't like that interpretation, but, I respect it. I think it's simpler, and the confusing lyrics throw you off. They are from Buffalo, NY. I am as well. I think it's about all the superficial girls girls that live here. He probably has known some bad ones as I have as well and been in bad relationships like in the song itself. It really reflects on all the girls here like that. Although many girls are not like that because we are like the midwest here, people just have more to them, unlike L.A. or NYC.
Well, I don't like that interpretation, but, I respect it. I think it's simpler, and the confusing lyrics throw you off. They are from Buffalo, NY. I am as well. I think it's about all the superficial girls girls that live here. He probably has known some bad ones as I have as well and been in bad relationships like in the song itself. It really reflects on all the girls here like that. Although many girls are not like that because we are like the midwest here, people just have more to them, unlike L.A. or NYC.
"Buffalo Girls is a 1990 novel written by American author Larry McMurtry about Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary, 185?-1903). It is written in the novel prose style mixed with a series of letters from Calamity Jane to her daughter. In her letters, Calamity describes herself as being a drunken hellraiser but never an outlaw. Her letters also describe her larger-than-life cohorts. McMurtry's ability for characterization and storytelling shines as he depicts gritty events and relationships in the life of fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, prostitutes, and Indians as the Wild West fades away changing their way of life. The characters struggle, and many fail, to adapt to the settling of the West. In an effort to adapt and relive the Wild West, many of the characters, along with Calamity Jane, resort to performing in Bill Cody's Wild West show. They exploit and are exploited by their frontier lifestyle, before being defeated by it in the end."
I think this song is a reflection of similarities, that he's in a relationship with someone who prides herself on living extravagantly. In the end he knows that her lifestyle will ruin her, but he's rather cynical and almost indifferent.
My 2 cents!
Well, I don't like that interpretation, but, I respect it. I think it's simpler, and the confusing lyrics throw you off. They are from Buffalo, NY. I am as well. I think it's about all the superficial girls girls that live here. He probably has known some bad ones as I have as well and been in bad relationships like in the song itself. It really reflects on all the girls here like that. Although many girls are not like that because we are like the midwest here, people just have more to them, unlike L.A. or NYC.
Well, I don't like that interpretation, but, I respect it. I think it's simpler, and the confusing lyrics throw you off. They are from Buffalo, NY. I am as well. I think it's about all the superficial girls girls that live here. He probably has known some bad ones as I have as well and been in bad relationships like in the song itself. It really reflects on all the girls here like that. Although many girls are not like that because we are like the midwest here, people just have more to them, unlike L.A. or NYC.