Don Williams Endless Sleep song lyrics

The night was dark, rain falling 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 crying 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 is gone from me

I looked at the sea and it seemed to say

I took your baby from you away

I heard a voice crying 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 baby, held her to me

Stole her away from the endless sleep

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 that endless sleep...