Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh! Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jetfan1824 

Cover art for Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh! lyrics by Sunset Rubdown

the buffalo had given up on the world and apollo, apollo is kissing all the valley girls we climbed up the cross (?) on the mountain on new year's eve it was just God, the blizzard, the dreamweaver and me

my god, i miss the way we used to be so here's a photograph for you to hold it's my picture right before i got old it's a picture of a buffalo that we rode (?) into extinction that was the crime we committed in the night

apollo, i heard your sister is equated with the moon i think your sister is just another Runaround Sue i say where have you been, where have you been, Erato? where have you been, where have you been, Erato?

because it's been a long time since we sat around the willow tree fire where Anna played guitar and the rest of us fell in love that was back before she changed her name did he ever find out where to her side was fame?

like the days before anna changed her name well here's a photograph for you to hold it's my picture right before i got old it's a picture of a buffalo that we rode into extinction that was the crime you committed in the night that was the crime you committed in the night so here's a photograph for you to hold it's my picture right before i got old it's a picture of a prize (?)

you hunter, you hunter, oh you hunter

Anna, Anna, Anna, Anna, oh, why'd you change your name?

i'm pretty sure about most of that. Runaround Sue is the name a song from the 60s - i'm not sure why it's there but i'm pretty sure that's right and he definitely doesn't say "fool." Erato is one of the Greek muses, and she is generally shown carrying an instrument that Apollo invented, so that makes sense. The last major change I made was "where Anna played guitar and the rest of us fell in love" instead of "we're on the flaming tower and the rest of us headed home" which I'm positive about. And then there were some pronoun changes. The only lyrics i'm not sure about are "we climbed up THE CROSS," but that seems kind of right, "that we RODE into extinction" which could be roll like you had it, but mostly "did he ever find out where to her side was fame?" which i'm positive is wrong but I have no idea what it is.

this one is really tricky. you are definitely right about him not saying fool and it does sound like fool so i'll go with what you have. I found out that Apollo's sister Artemis is often equated with the moon so that makes sense

I'm going to trust your judgement on Erato cause I knew mine was wrong anyway. I agree with the Anna playing guitar line too, I can hear that. The last line of that part stumps me too but I'm pretty sure I can hear the first part as being "Did he ever find out where...

I meant that it does sound like SUE, not fool, my bad.

A Runaround Sue is a girl who sleeps around, or otherwise cuts short a possible relationship in favor of a one-night stand.