Jimmy Witherspoon — Endless Sleep lyrics

Lyrics

The night was black, rain fallin' down;
Looked for my baby, she’s nowhere around.
Traced her footsteps down to the shore,
'Fraid she’s gone forever more.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
«I took your baby from you away.»
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep,
«Come join me baby in my Endless Sleep.»
Why did we quarrel, why did we fight?
Why did I leave her alone tonight?
That’s why her footsteps ran into the sea
That’s why my baby has gone from me.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
«I took your baby from you away.»
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep,
«Come join me baby in my Endless Sleep.»
Ran in the water, heart full of fear,
There in the breakers I saw her near;
Reached for my darlin', held her to me,
Stole her away from the angry sea.
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
«You took your baby from me away.»
My heart cried out, «She's mine to keep.»
I saved my baby from an Endless Sleep.