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 then she'd climb in beside us

In a 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 grave

Jeannie said mommie 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 grow up

Cause it seemed that she was destined to die

But on Jeannie's grave we've placed en eternal flame

That glows and never loses its 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