The Night Was Dark and Deep - Mary Black

We were driving back from

The country one night

Mom and Dad up the front

The rest of us snug and tight

My kid brother grumbled for a little minute

My big sister said he better quit it or die

It had been a long day in the countryside

Playing with the cousins on my mother’s side

The sound of the radio closed our eyes

Drifting across the sea, then I fell asleep

Well I don’t know what woke me up

Maybe a country song or a big truck passing by

But I could hear Mama and Papa talk

Papa said something and Mama began to cry

No more words then just soft sobs

And my head began to throb

I just lay there playing dog

Breathing slow and deep

They thought I was asleep

They thought I was asleep

It seemed like forever till the sobbing stopped

Then they talked for a little

But just too soft to hear

Daddy kept looking to the side of her face

One hand on the wheel

The other one stroking her hair

Headlights shining from the other way

Showed tears on the cheeks of Daddy’s face

I prayed for Jesus to send His grace

And all our souls to keep

Back then I believed

They thought I was asleep

The night was dark and deep

I wish I was asleep

How I wish I was asleep