Her two little feet would come rinning 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 arm

She'd climb in beside us

In a small voice we'd hear her remark

Cry 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 old family grave

Said Jeannie oh mommie ain't

It dark in the ground

Daddy I'd be so afraid

Then she looked up at her daddy and me

And said something

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

But maybe 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 grow it seemed that

She was destined to die

But on Jeannie's grave

We've placed en 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