Sonny

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

Sonny lives on a farm, in a far distant place

Take off your shoes, stay out of the race

Lay down your head by the soft river bed

Sonny always remembers the words Mama 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, not all that strong

Sonny lives all alone 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 on a 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 the sailor never came home

Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been

Still from the grave Mama'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, not all that strong

Sonny, don't go away