Hunter's Lullaby Lyrics - Various Positions - Leonard Cohen

Your father's gone a-hunting 

He's lost in the forest so wild 

And he cannot take his wife with him 

He cannot take his child 

Your father's gone a-hunting 

Through 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 he 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 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