Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark

[ti:Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Old School Country Classics: The 1960's, Vol. 8] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.84]Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark - The Hit Crew [00:02.75] [00:11.15]Her two little feet would come running into [00:16.09]Our bedroom almost every night [00:21.41]Her soft little face would be wet from her tears [00:26.21]And her little heart pounding with fright [00:31.66]She'd hold out her arms then she'd climb in beside us [00:36.50]In her small voice we'd hear her remark [00:42.01]"Mommie and Daddy can I sleep here with you [00:47.10]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark" [00:52.27]One day in the summer we took some flowers [00:57.37]To place on some old family graves [01:02.64]Jeannie said "Mommy ain't it dark in the ground [01:07.65]Oh Daddy I'd be so afraid" [01:13.03]Then she looked up at her daddy and me [01:17.50]And said something that broke both our hearts [01:23.07]She said "When I die please don't bury me [01:27.80]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark" [01:32.00] [01:38.11]Jeannie was always afraid of the dark [01:41.80]And we never could understand why [01:45.77] [01:46.92]'Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care [01:52.03]Because Jeannie was our only child [01:57.16]Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of [02:01.48]'Cause it took her one dark stormy night [02:06.55]I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown [02:12.15]'Cause it seemed she was destined to die [02:17.84]But on Jeannie's grave we placed an eternal flame [02:22.79]That glows and never loses its spark [02:27.56]And on the darkest night there's always a light [02:32.42]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark [02:37.79]Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark