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My Baby Needs A Shepherd

from Gun Metal Sky by Lori Lieberman by Lori Lieberman

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By Emmylou Harris

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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
And I know one day I will
My baby needs a shepherd
She’s lost out on the hill

My baby needs an angel
She never learned to fly
She won’t reach sanctuary
Just by looking at 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 drummer
Beating in a different band
And somewhere on the highway
I let go of her hand
Now she’s gone to somewhere
Like her footprints in the san

Toora loora lo
First the seed and then the rose
Toora loora loora lye
My kingdom for a lullabye

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 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 lullabye

My baby needs a mother
To love her to 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 to the end

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from Gun Metal Sky by Lori Lieberman, released June 14, 2013

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Lori Lieberman California

Best known for "Killing Me Softly", Lori has released 19 LPs and performed worldwide, including two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. Her newest LP, "Truly", is a welcome departure as she re-imagines the American Songbook, recorded live with stellar musicians, and engineered by Bob Clearmountain. ... more

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