The Night Was Dark and Deep

[00:06.33]	We were driving back from
[00:07.58]	the country one night
[00:08.52]	Mom and Dad up the front
[00:10.08]	The rest of us snug and tight
[00:17.27]	My kid brother grumbled for a little minute
[00:19.95]	My big sister said he better quit it or die
[00:27.80]	It had been a long day in the countryside
[00:31.11]	Playing with the cousins on my mother’s side
[00:33.86]	The sound of the radio closed our eyes
[00:37.17]	Drifting across the sea, then I fell asleep
[00:47.86]	Well I don’t know what woke me up
[00:50.30]	Maybe a country song or a big truck passing by
[00:58.93]	But I could hear Mama and Papa talk
[01:01.82]	Papa said something and Mama began to cry
[01:10.07]	No more words then just soft sobs
[01:12.88]	And my head began to throb
[01:16.24]	I just lay there playing dog
[01:18.55]	Breathing slow and deep
[01:22.61]	They thought I was asleep
[01:27.92]	They thought I was asleep
[01:35.79]
[02:17.01]	It seemed like forever till the sobbing stopped
[02:19.63]	Then they talked for a little
[02:21.00]	But just too soft to hear
[02:22.57]
[02:28.18]	Daddy kept looking to the side of her face
[02:30.62]	One hand on the wheel
[02:32.00]	The other one stroking her hair
[02:39.31]	Headlights shining from the other way
[02:42.06]	Showed tears on the cheeks of Daddy’s face
[02:44.62]	I prayed for Jesus to send His grace
[02:47.43]	And all our souls to keep
[02:52.09]	Back then I believed
[02:57.41]	They thought I was asleep
[03:02.78]	The night was dark and deep
[03:08.50]	I wish I was asleep
[03:13.88]	How I wish I was asleep

[00:06.33]	We were driving back from
[00:07.58]	the country one night
[00:08.52]	Mom and Dad up the front
[00:10.08]	The rest of us snug and tight
[00:17.27]	My kid brother grumbled for a little minute
[00:19.95]	My big sister said he better quit it or die
[00:27.80]	It had been a long day in the countryside
[00:31.11]	Playing with the cousins on my mother' s side
[00:33.86]	The sound of the radio closed our eyes
[00:37.17]	Drifting across the sea, then I fell asleep
[00:47.86]	Well I don' t know what woke me up
[00:50.30]	Maybe a country song or a big truck passing by
[00:58.93]	But I could hear Mama and Papa talk
[01:01.82]	Papa said something and Mama began to cry
[01:10.07]	No more words then just soft sobs
[01:12.88]	And my head began to throb
[01:16.24]	I just lay there playing dog
[01:18.55]	Breathing slow and deep
[01:22.61]	They thought I was asleep
[01:27.92]	They thought I was asleep
[01:35.79]
[02:17.01]	It seemed like forever till the sobbing stopped
[02:19.63]	Then they talked for a little
[02:21.00]	But just too soft to hear
[02:22.57]
[02:28.18]	Daddy kept looking to the side of her face
[02:30.62]	One hand on the wheel
[02:32.00]	The other one stroking her hair
[02:39.31]	Headlights shining from the other way
[02:42.06]	Showed tears on the cheeks of Daddy' s face
[02:44.62]	I prayed for Jesus to send His grace
[02:47.43]	And all our souls to keep
[02:52.09]	Back then I believed
[02:57.41]	They thought I was asleep
[03:02.78]	The night was dark and deep
[03:08.50]	I wish I was asleep
[03:13.88]	How I wish I was asleep