My Baby Needs A Shepherd Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

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 

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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 swimmin' 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 

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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