Sonny's Dream

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
 And I'm not all that strong
 Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space
 You can kick off your sneakers and give up the race
 You can lay down your head by a sweet riverbed
 Sonny always remembers the words his momma said, and she 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, but he's barely a man
 There ain't all that to 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 feelin' so tired
 I'm not all that strong
 Well it's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there
 But he walks to the highway and he stands there and stares
 And the mail comes at four, and the mailman is old
 Oh, but he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold
 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 feelin' so tired
 And 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
 And he's hungry inside for that wide world outside
 And I know I can't hold him, and I've tried and I've tried and I've tried
 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 feelin' so tired
 I'm not all that strong
 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 feelin' so tired
 I'm not all that strong
 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 feelin' so tired
 I'm not all that strong