Sheep May Safely Graze

[Verse 1]

Sheep may safely graze

All the wolves have been rounded up and put to bed

Sheep may safely graze

There are only days of happiness up ahead

Sheep may safely graze, my boy

All the crocodiles have been hunted from your dreams

[Verse 2]

Sheep may safely graze

Wooly lambs are gamboling by the streams

Sheep may safely graze

All the lost children will be found in time

Sheep may safely graze, my boy

Close your eyes, your daddy is by your side

[Verse 3]

And if by chance you wake at night

The hollow sorrow that lingers

And you grab at the tails of your dreams

But they scuttle through your fingers

All you can hear outside

Is the roar of a city being raised

It's just the powers that be

Making it safe to graze

[Verse 4]

Sheep may safely graze

The bluebirds have chased the vultures from the sky

Sheep may safely graze

The day is merely gone now and closed its eyes

Sheep may safely graze, my boy

All the fishes are leaping into the nets

[Verse 5]

Sheep may safely graze

This, my darling, is as good as it gets

Sheep may safely graze

All the lost children will be found in time

Sheep may safely graze, my boy

Close your eyes, your daddy is by your side

[Verse 6]

If you shouldn't wake tomorrow

The fences are all torn down

The woods are full of howling beasts

And there ain't nobody around

And everything seems foreign

To your little ways

That's just the gods above

Making it save to graze

The fox has its hole

The bird has its nest

But the son of man has no place

To lay his head and rest