Hunter's Lullaby

Leonard Cohen

Your father's gone a-hunting 
He's deep in the forest so wild 
And he cannot take his wife with him 
He cannot take his child 
Your father's gone a-hunting 
In the quicksand and the clay 
And a woman cannot follow him 
Although she knows the way 

Your father's gone a-hunting 
Through the silver and the glass 
Where only greed can enter 
But spirit, spirit cannot pass 

Your father's gone a-hunting 
For the beast we'll never cannot bind 
And he leaves a baby sleeping 
And his blessings all behind 

Your father's gone a-hunting 
And he's lost his lucky charm 
And he's lost the guardian heart 
That keeps the hunter from the harm 

Your father's gone a-hunting 
He asked me to say goodbye 
And he warned me not to stop him 
I wouldn't, I wouldn't even try 

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