SHEPHERD
Tune: Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain"

When he asks you to believe,
It’s “in God” you think he means
But there’s more out in the verse:
Something strong on which to lean.
Put your faith in your crew
And trust in the ship you fly.
If you believe in yourself,
Don’t need no god on high.

Shepherd tends his flock by night
He watches over them by day,
He believes there’s something right
In the things they do and say.
They don’t always bide by laws
But in their hearts, they are true.
It’s not winning that is all.
It’s the good that you do.

When the shepherd’s time is done,
And your tears they start to fall.
Don’t you mourn the loss of him.
You haven’t lost him at all.
As long as you believe
And you keep his words in mind
His strength will be your own
A true path, you will find.

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