Gene and Gayla Mills

Lyrics

I was born long ago
in Forks of Buffalo
where the waters run and the mountains roll
and the oak and wild azalea grow

I left home to make my way
to look for fun and better pay
One by one we moved away
Forks of Buffalo turned to gray

Chorus:
Fargo down to Ponchartrain
California to the coast of Maine
I’ve lived well, but well I know
I come from Forks of Buffalo

After forty years away
I returned the other day
Houses open to the rain
All their colors washed away

Chorus

I can never more return
To the place where I was born
The waters run and the mountains roll
But Forks of Buffalo is no more

Chorus

Coda: The only place I want to go
Is back to Forks of Buffalo