My Baby Needs A Shepherd

Lyrics

My baby needs a shepherd, she's lost out on the hill Too late, I tried to call her when the night was cold and still And I tell myself I'll find her, but I know I never will My baby needs a shepherd, she's lost out on the hill My baby needs an angel, she never learned to fly She'll not reach sanctuary just by looking to the sky I guess I could have carried her, but I didn't even try My baby needs an angel, she never learned to fly Oh, I ran so far through a broken land I was following that drummer beating in a different band Somewhere on the highway, I let go of her hand Now she's gone forever like her footprints in the sand Toora loora loora lo, first the seed and then the rose Toora loora loora li, my kingdom for a lullaby My baby needs a pilot, she has no magic wand To help her part the troubled waters of the Rubicon But in my soul, I know she'll have to go this one alone After all that is the only way she's ever known But there is no lamp in all this dark That could chase away her shadow from the corners of my heart I pray she rides a dolphin, but she's swimming with a shark Out where none can save her, not even Noah and his ark Toora loora loora lo, to the cradle comes a cross Toora loora loora li, my kingdom for a lullaby My baby needs a mother to love her 'til the end Up every rugged mountain and down every road that bends Sometimes I hear her crying, but I guess it's just the wind My baby needs a mother to love her 'til the end