Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark Lyrics by Dolly Parton

0:10Her two little feet would come running into

0:15Our bedroom almost every night

0:20Her soft little face would be wet from her tears

0:25And her little heart pounding with fright

0:30She'd hold out her arms, then she'd climb in beside us

0:35In her small voice, we'd hear her remark

0:41"Mommy and Daddy, can I sleep here with you?

0:46'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"

0:51One day in the summer, we took some flowers

0:56To place on some old family graves

1:01Jeannie said, "Mommy, ain't it dark in the ground?

1:06Oh, Daddy, I'd be so afraid"

1:12Then she looked up at her daddy and me

1:16And said something that broke both our hearts

1:22She said, "When I die, please don't bury me

1:26'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"

1:32♪

1:38Jeannie was always afraid of the dark

1:41And we never could understand why

1:44'Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care

1:50Because Jeannie was our only child

1:54Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of

2:00'Cause it took her one dark stormy night

2:05I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown

2:10'Cause it seemed she was destined to die

2:15But on Jeannie's grave, we placed an eternal flame

2:20That glows and never loses its spark

2:25And on the darkest night, there's always a light

2:30'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark

2:35Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark

2:42♪