Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark-Dolly Parton

[ti:Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark] [ar:Dolly Parton] [al:The Essential Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark - Dolly Parton [00:11.38]Her two little feet would come running into [00:16.08]Our bedroom almost every night [00:21.58]Her soft little face would be wet from her tears [00:26.31]And her little heart pounding with fright [00:31.87]She'd hold out her arms [00:34.02]Then she'd climb in beside us [00:37.12]In her small voice [00:38.25]We'd hear her remark [00:42.36]Mommie and Daddy can [00:44.84]I sleep here with you [00:47.42]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark [00:52.51]One day in the summer we took some flowers [00:57.39]To place on some old family graves [01:02.98]Jeannie said [01:04.41]Mommy ain't it dark in the ground [01:07.72]Oh Daddy I'd be so afraid [01:13.26]Then she looked up at her daddy and me [01:17.79]And said somethin' that broke both our hearts [01:23.37]She said [01:24.49]When I die please don't bury me [01:28.21]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark [01:40.08]Jeannie was always afraid of the dark [01:43.23]And we never could understand why [01:47.01]'Cause we looked after [01:48.15]Jeannie with the very best of care [01:52.52]Because Jeannie was our only child [01:57.66]Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of [02:02.79]'Cause it took her one dark stormy night [02:07.61]I think we always knew [02:09.01]That we'd never see Jeannie grown [02:12.78]'Cause it seemed she was destined to die [02:18.01]But on Jeannie's grave [02:19.66]We placed an eternal flame [02:22.98]That glows and never loses its spark [02:27.37]And on the darkest night [02:29.52]There's always a light [02:32.06]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark [02:37.14]Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark