Shepherd Song Lyrics

We pressed our faces to the grass

Eyes to earth, but found no shade.

Such blinding light was not the sun

Seized with fear but not to run

A fear that made our fears afraid.



"Do not, do not be afraid

Today is born the Lord your Savior

Don't look in a prince's nursery

But in the barn where cattle feed

Peace on whom HE favors."



We left our flocks to tend themselves

And ran all night how far, how fast!

He called us past hotels and bars

Shepherds, wise men, even stars

Back to...himself...again...at last.



Is this the long expected one,

The one in whom we must believe?

Can this be Israel's future King,

The one that made the angels sing?

Will he ever be received?