Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone and your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home. And the nights get so long and the silence goes on. And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong.
Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space, where you can take off your sneakers and give up the race. You can lay down your head, by a sweet river bed. But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said...
Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone and your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home. And the nights get so long and the silence goes on. And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong.
Sonny carries a load, though he's barely a man. There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can. He watches the sea from a room by the stairs. And the waves keep on rollin', they've done that for years.
Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone, and your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home. And the nights get so long and the silence goes on. And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong.
It's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there. And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares. The mail comes at four, and the mailman is old. But still dreams his dreams, full of silver and gold.
Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone, and your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home. And the nights get so long and the silence goes on. And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong.
Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read. They're just stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head. He's hungry inside for that wide world outside. And I know I can't hold him though I've tried, and I've tried, and I've tried.
Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone, and your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home. And the nights get so long and the silence goes on. And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong.
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