Sonny's Dream - Live

Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space
 Take off your shoes, stay out of the race
 Lay down your head, on a soft river bed
 Sonny always remembers the words Mamma says.
 Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone
 Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home,
 Nights are so long, silence goes on,
 I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong.
 Sonny works on the land, though he's barely a man
 There's not much to do but he does what he can
 Sits by his window in his room by the stairs
 Watching the waves drifting soft on the pier.
 Many years have rolled on, Sonny's old and alone
 His Daddy the sailor, never came home
 Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been
 But from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams.
 Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space
 Where you take off your sneakers, and give up the race
 And you can lay down your head, by the sweet river bed
 But Sonny always remembers what it was his mamma said
 Sonny carries a load but he's barely a man
 That ain't all that you do, still he does what he can
 And he watches the sea, from a room by the stairs
 And the waves keep on rollin', they've done that for years
 Oh 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 feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong...
 And it's a hundred miles to town
 Sonny's never been there
 And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares
 And the mail comes at four
 And the mailman is old
 Oh. but he still has his dreams, full of silver and gold...
 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
 And he's hungry inside for the wild world outside
 And I know I can't hold him
 Though I tried and I tried and I tried...