Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark-Dolly Parton

[ti:Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark] [ar:Dolly Parton] [al:Playlist: The Very Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark - Dolly Parton [00:11.25]Her two little feet would come running into [00:16.11]Our bedroom almost every night [00:19.95] [00:21.49]Her soft little face would be wet from her tears [00:26.38]And her little heart pounding with fright [00:30.34] [00:31.65]She'd hold out her arms then she'd climb in beside us [00:36.99]In her small voice we'd hear her remark [00:40.67] [00:42.27]Mommie and daddy can I sleep here with you [00:47.19]Because Jeannie's afraid of the dark [00:50.88] [00:52.33]One day in the summer we took some flowers [00:57.19]To place on some old family graves [01:01.86] [01:02.61]Jeannie said mommy is it dark in the ground [01:07.45]Oh Daddy I'd be so afraid [01:11.13] [01:12.79]Then she looked up at her daddy and me [01:17.44]And said something that broke both our hearts [01:21.39] [01:22.86]She said when I die please don't bury me [01:27.73]Because Jeannie's afraid of the dark [01:31.74] [01:39.54]Jeannie was always afraid of the dark [01:41.56] [01:42.69]And we never could understand why [01:44.89] [01:46.54]Because we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care [01:50.36] [01:51.84]Because Jeannie was our only child [01:53.89] [01:57.04]Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of [02:00.58] [02:02.18]Because it took her one dark stormy night [02:04.63] [02:06.93]I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown [02:10.76] [02:12.06]Because it seemed she was destined to die [02:14.79] [02:17.28]But on Jeannie's grave we placed an eternal flame [02:21.05] [02:22.20]That glows and never loses its spark [02:25.01] [02:26.52]And on the darkest night there's always a light [02:30.12] [02:31.30]Because Jeannie's afraid of the dark [02:34.66] [02:36.29]Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark