Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton - Jeannie’s Afraid of the Dark lyrics

Her two little feet would come running into
Our bedroom almost every night
Her soft little face would be
Wet from her tears
And her little heart pounding with fright
She'd hold out her arms
Then she'd climb in beside us
In her small voice, we'd hear her remark
"Mommie and Daddy, can I sleep here with you?
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"

One day in the summer, we took some flowers
To place on some old family graves
Jeannie said, "Mommy
Ain't it dark in the ground?
Oh, Daddy, I'd be so afraid"
Then she looked up at her daddy and me
And said somethin' that broke both our hearts
She said, "When I die, please don't bury me
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"

Jeannie was always afraid of the dark
And we never could understand why
'Cause we looked after Jeannie with
The very best of care
Because Jeannie was our only child
Perhaps it was death that she
Was so afraid of
'Cause it took her one dark stormy night
I think we always knew that
We'd never see Jeannie grown
'Cause it seemed she was destined to die
But on Jeannie's grave
We placed an eternal flame
That glows and never loses it's spark
And on the darkest night
There's always a light
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark

Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark