Charles Bukowski - Poems by Charles, Pt. 2 lyrics

Buffalo Bill

Whenever the landlord and landlady
Get beer drunk
She comes down here and knocks on my door
And I go down and drink beer with them
They sing old-time songs and
He keeps drinking until
He falls over backwards in his chair
And I get up, tilt the chair up, and
Then he's back at the table again
Grabbing at a beer can
The conversation always gets around
To Buffalo Bill
They think Buffalo Bill is very funny
So I always ask
"What's new with Buffalo Bill?"
"Oh, he's in again
They locked him up they came and got him"
"Why?" "Same thing
Only this time it was a woman from
The Jehovah's witness she rang his
Bell and was standing there talking to him
And he showed her his thing
You know? She came down and told me about
It and I told her 'Why did you bother that
Man? Why did you ring his bell? He wasn't
Doing anything to you, ' But no
She- she had
To go and tell the authorities and uh
He phoned me from jail"
"Well I did it again"
"Why do you keep doin' that?" I ask him
"I don't know" he said
"I don't know what made me do that"
"You shouldn't do that" I told him
"I know I shouldn't do that" He told me
"How many times has he done
That?" I ask them "Oh god I dunno
Eight or ten times he's always
Doin' it he's got a good lawyer though
He's got a damn good lawyer"
"Who'd you rent his place to?"
"Oh we don't rent his place
We always keep his place open
For him we like him"
"Did I tell you the night he
Was drunk and out on
The lawn naked and an airplane
Went overhead and he pointed to the lights
All you could see was the taillights
And stuff, and he pointed to
The lights and yelled
"I am god I put those lights in the sky!"
"No, uh, you didn't tell me about that"
"Have a beer first and I'll
Tell you about it"