Endless Sleep - Jimmy Witherspoon

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.

Endless sleep, endless sleep