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 lives on a farm
in a wide open space
Take off your shoes
stay out of the race
Lay down your head
by the 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 the land
though he's barely a man
There's not much to do
he does what he can
He sits by the window
of his room on the stairs
Watching the waves
gently wash on the pier
Many years have passed 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 mommy
still 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