(Dolly Parton)
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Her two little feet would come running into
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Our bedroom almost every night
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Her soft little face would be wet from her tears
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And her little heart pounding with fright
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She'd hold out her arms, then she'd climb in beside us
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In her small voice, we'd hear her remark
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"Mommie and Daddy, can I sleep here with you
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'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"
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One day in the summer, we took some flowers
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To place on some old family graves
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Jeannie said, "Mommy, ain't it dark in the ground
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Oh, Daddy, I'd be so afraid"
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Then she looked up at her daddy and me
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And said somethin' that broke both our hearts
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She said, "When I die, please don't bury me
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'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"
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Jeannie was always afraid of the dark
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And we never could understand why
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'Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care
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Because Jeannie was our only child
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Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of
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'Cause it took her one dark stormy night
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I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown
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'Cause it seemed she was destined to die
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But on Jeannie's grave, we placed an eternal flame
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That glows and never loses its spark
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And on the darkest night, there's always a light
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'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
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Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark
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Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark
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Dolly Parton |