Sonny lives on a farm, in the wide open space you can
kick off your sneekers, and give up the race you can lay
your self down, by a sweet river bed sonny always
remembers, what it was his moma said
Sonny don¹t go away, i am here all alone and your daddy¹s
a sailor, and he never comes home and the nights get so
long, and the silence goes on and i¹m feeling so tired,
i¹m not all that strong sonny caries a load, he is barely
a man there¹s not all that much to do, still he does the
best he can and he lives in a room, at the top of the
stairs and the sea keeps on rollin in it¹s done that for
years
Sonny don¹t go away, i am here all alone and your daddy¹s
a singer, and he never comes home and the nights get so
long, and the silence goes on and i¹m feeling so tired,
i¹m not all that strong instrumental towns a hundred
miles away sonny¹s never been there he just goes to the
highway and he stands there and stares and the mail comes
at four and the mail man is old yet he¹s still dreaming
dreams filled with silver and gold sonny don¹t go away, i
am here all alone and your daddy¹s a sailor, and he never
comes home and the nights get so long, and the silence
goes on and i¹m feeling so tired, i¹m not all that strong
sonny don¹t go away