Sheep May Safely Graze

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

Sheep may safely graze

While the lambs are gambolling

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 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

That's just the powers that be

Making it safe to graze

Sheep may safely graze

The bluebirds have chased the vultures

From the sky

Sheep may safely graze

The day has merely gone now

And closed its eyes

Sheep may safely graze, my boy

All the fishes are leaping

Into the net

Sheep may safely graze

Yes my darling

This 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

And 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

That's just the Gods above

Making it safe to graze

The fox has its hole

The bird has its nest

But the sun out has no place

To lay his head and graze

Nick Cave