My Baby Needs A Shepherd

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