Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good-Elton Britt

[ti:Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good] [ar:Elton Britt] [al:The Versatile Elton Britt: Classic Performances From Three Decades] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good - Elton Britt [00:07.37]A laughing baby boy [00:09.94] [00:10.71]One evening in his play [00:13.58] [00:14.27]Disturbed the household [00:16.70]With his noisy glee [00:19.90] [00:21.13]I warned him to be good [00:23.63] [00:24.35]But he soon did disobey [00:26.92] [00:28.06]For he would soon forget [00:30.74]A word from me [00:33.01] [00:34.91]I called him to my side [00:37.55] [00:38.20]And said son now go to bed [00:40.87] [00:41.70]'Cuz your conduct has been [00:44.04]Very very rude [00:46.49] [00:48.76]With tearing eyes and quivering lips [00:52.49]He pleaded then with me [00:54.88] [00:55.65]Don't make me go to bed [00:58.69]And I'll be good [01:01.29] [01:03.21]Don't daddy and I'll be good [01:07.75] [01:10.12]Don't daddy and I'll be good [01:15.17] [01:16.66]That's what I heard him say [01:19.27] [01:19.84]And it haunts me night and day [01:22.62] [01:23.37]Don't make me go to bed [01:25.87] [01:26.41]And I'll be good [01:28.81] [01:30.62]Our lives have just been gladdened [01:33.19] [01:33.83]By his bright ascending beam [01:36.60] [01:37.37]And our boy now in our heart [01:40.15]Was very dear [01:42.33] [01:44.20]We hastened to his side [01:46.76] [01:47.50]Found his body raked with pain [01:50.41] [01:51.14]And he didn't seem to know [01:54.10]That we were near [01:55.95] [01:59.11]All night and day [02:00.68]We watched and prayed [02:01.70] [02:02.86]We never left his side [02:04.01] [02:06.59]To give our boy up [02:07.73]It seemed we never could [02:09.03] [02:12.31]And it broke my heart [02:13.66]To hear him sighing [02:14.87] [02:16.39]Just before he died [02:17.72] [02:18.97]Don't make me go to bed [02:21.84]And I'll be good [02:24.54] [02:26.33]Don't daddy and I'll be good [02:31.36] [02:33.42]Don't daddy and I'll be good [02:37.92] [02:39.89]That's what I heard him say [02:42.54] [02:43.24]And it haunts me night and day [02:46.00] [02:46.78]Don't make me go to bed [02:49.14] [02:49.70]And I'll be good