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 said
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
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
not all that strong
Many years have rolled on
Sonny's old and alone
His daddy's a sailor
never came home
Sometimes he wonders
what his life might have been
Still from the grave
mamma's voice
haunts his dreams
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 don't go away