Sheep may safely graze
All the woes 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
Sheep may safely graze
With the lambs all gambling 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
And if by chance you wake at night
The whole sorrow, it lingers
And you grab at the tales of your dreams
but they scuttled 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
Sheep may safely graze
The birds have chased the vultures from the sky
Sheep may safely graze
The day is nearly gone now and closed its eyes
Sheep may safely graze, my boy
All the fishes are leaping into their nets
Sheep may safely graze
This, my darling is as good as it gets
Sheep may safely graze, my boy
Close your eyes, your daddy is by your side
If you should 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
There’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