We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Buffalo Creek

from Blue Water by Flatfoot

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    "Blue Water" on vinyl! Beautifully screened art, liner notes with lyrics, that warm sound that only vinyl brings...

    Includes unlimited streaming of Blue Water via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    "Blue Water" on compact disc, with CD-only track "Sparks"

    Includes unlimited streaming of Blue Water via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD or more 

     

lyrics

Coal mining town, West Virginia
Workers come but never leave
Now our trailer town lies broken and defeated
Oh God give us reprieve

I never dreamed of leaving, but when I came of age
Took a job in the mine and never looked back
Worked two years in the shaft before the trouble started
Already I feel my lungs turn black

Carried my pistol so long
Had the mark of it on my hip
Carried that gun all the time
When God sent the flood to old Buffalo Creek
That pistol wasn't worth a dime

Some blamed the mining company, but we know better
Satan just had work for idol hands
Man's folly was soaked by the evening rain
As ten millions gallons poured through the damn

A wall of water fifty feet high rushed through the valley
I saw my Mama swept away
Now we live in this makeshift trailer village
Me and my neighbors wish we died that day.

The gun couldn't serve me then
But it will serve me know
Mama, your boy's coming home

credits

from Blue Water, released November 13, 2012

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Flatfoot Michigan

"lately, live Flatfoot has been all about out-rocking the competition knees and elbows flailing wildly and somebody (it doesnt seem to matter who) howling a campfire tale gone wrong into the microphone." Cale Sauter, Lansing City Pulse.

Flatfoot is Dan Amori, Aaron Bales, Tom Green and Thomas McCartan. We love the twangy soul and the rock 'n roll. ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Flatfoot

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Flatfoot, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Attic frontman Meister Cagliostro talks heavy metal theatrics and the band's new album.
listen now