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 And 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 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´s ride a dolphin But she´s swimming with the shark Out where none can save her Not even Noah and his ark Toora loora loora lo To the cradle comes the crow Toora loora loora li My kingdom for a lullaby My baby needs a mother To love her till the end Up every rugged mountain And down every road that bends Sometimes I hear her cryin' But I guess it´s just the wind My baby needs a mother To love her till the end --- My Baby Needs a Shepherd - Emmylou Harris, Malcolm Burn, René Coman, Patty Griffin, Ethan Johns and Darryl Johnson