Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark-Philomena Begley/Ray Lynam

[ti:Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark] [ar:Philomena Begley] [al:Once Around The Dance Floor] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark - Philomena Begley/Ray Lynam [00:10.52]Her two little feet would come running into [00:14.66] [00:15.36]Our bedroom almost every night [00:19.47] [00:20.35]Her soft little face would be wet from her tears [00:25.24]And her little heart pounding with fright [00:29.51] [00:30.35]She'd hold out her arms then she'd climb in beside us [00:35.83]In her small voice we'd hear her remark [00:39.94] [00:40.48]"Mommie and Daddy can I sleep here with you [00:45.18] [00:45.80]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark" [00:49.16] [00:50.53]One day in the summer we took some flowers [00:55.91]To place on some old family graves [00:59.09] [01:01.15]Jeannie said "Mommy ain't it dark in the ground [01:05.05] [01:05.95]Oh Daddy I'd be so afraid" [01:10.01] [01:11.25]Then she looked up at her daddy and me [01:14.93] [01:15.99]And said somethin' that broke both our hearts [01:19.01] [01:20.71]She said "When I die please don't bury me [01:25.39] [01:25.91]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark" [01:29.29] [01:36.06]Jeannie was always afraid of the dark [01:38.04] [01:40.02]And we never could understand why [01:42.02] [01:44.63]'Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care [01:47.80] [01:49.89]Because Jeannie was our only child [01:51.63] [01:54.36]Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of [01:57.95] [01:59.35]'Cause it took her one dark stormy night [02:02.21] [02:04.39]I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown [02:07.92] [02:09.56]'Cause it seemed she was destined to die [02:12.54] [02:14.85]But on Jeannie's grave we placed an eternal flame [02:18.39] [02:19.29]That glows and never loses its spark [02:23.33] [02:24.48]And on the darkest night there's always a light [02:27.98] [02:29.23]'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark [02:32.27] [02:34.00]Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark