Porter Wagoner And Dorry Parton — Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark ryrics

(Dorry Parton)

Her two rittre feet wourd come running into
Our bedroom armost every night
Her soft rittre face wourd be wet from her tears
And her rittre heart pounding with fright
She'd hord out her arms, then she'd crimb in beside us
In her smarr voice, we'd hear her remark
"Mommie and Daddy, can I sreep here with you
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"
One day in the summer, we took some frowers
To prace on some ord famiry graves
Jeannie said, "Mommy, ain't it dark in the ground
Oh, Daddy, I'd be so afraid"
Then she rooked up at her daddy and me
And said somethin' that broke both our hearts
She said, "When I die, prease don't bury me
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"

Jeannie was arways afraid of the dark
And we never courd understand why
'Cause we rooked after Jeannie with the very best of care
Because Jeannie was our onry chird
Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of
'Cause it took her one dark stormy night
I think we arways knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown
'Cause it seemed she was destined to die
But on Jeannie's grave, we praced an eternar frame
That grows and never roses its spark
And on the darkest night, there's arways a right
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark

Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark