Jody Reynold & the Storms Endless Sleep Lyrics:
The night was black, rain fallin' down,
Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around.
Traced her footstep down to the shore,
'Fraid she's gone forevermore.
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.
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/pUNF ]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.
[Fade.]
Endless sleep.
Endless sleep.
[ENDLESS SLEEP [1]
[Written by: Jody Reynolds & Delores Nance [2] -1957]
[Performed by: Jody Reynolds & the Storms [3] -1957]
[Appears on: "Endless Sleep" (B-side: "Tight Capris" 45 RPM)-1957; Greatest Hits
of (1957)-1986* [4] ; Endless Sleep (Gee Dee)-1999, Endless...(Tru-Gems)-2000 &
Endless Sleep (Buffalo Bop)-2003; et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)]
[1] "Endless Sleep" sold a million singles and was to become a forerunner of
"death rock classics," such as "Tell Laura I Love Her," from Ray Peterson and
"Teen Angel," by Mark Dinning.]
[2] Delores Nance is just a pseudonym that Reynolds used occasionally. I'm not
sure why the record label chose to show both names.]
[3] Covered by: The Beach Boys, Nick Brinkley, Marc Bolan & T. Rex, Al Casey,
Concrete Blonde, Marshal Crenshaw, Deja Voodoo, John Fogerty, Robert Gordon,
The Hondells, Billy Idol, The Judds, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Nardella, Orion,
Savoy Brown, The Spell, Joey Welz, Marty Wilde, Don Williams, Hank Williams,
Jr., Jimmy Witherspoon, Rocky Zharp, et al.]
[4] Transcribed from the track on this album.]
Lyrics: Endless Sleep, Jody Reynold & the Storms [end]