Sonny Boy

Take Sonny, he's a real go-getter A regular man about town He's got the world revolving around the music And keeping his ear to the ground He falls asleep behind his dark sunglasses And whispers the words with a smile D I double G, I love you, baby I ain't seen your face in awhile She ain't keeping score He don't owe her anything She ain't gonna sit around Waiting for the phone to ring Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away Save them for a rainy day, yeah, yeah, yeah I O U could break her heart in two She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy He's got his servant and his own dumb waiter To answer the phone when you call I'm sorry, Sonny's underneath the weather Try him back later next fall Boss called him out to California Let Hollywood make you a star Now he's on the Music Television And driving a Cadillac car Funny how fame And money does what it can To bring about change in the boy The clothes don't make the man Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away Save them for a rainy day, yeah, yeah, yeah I O U could break her heart in two She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy It's a game you just can't win Though it never will be the same again Fair-weather friend I don't think we've heard the last of Sonny He can't get it off of his mind He wants to laugh, but he don't think it's funny A conscience can turn on a dime When he was a boy They taught him the Golden Rule Take him for anything But don't take him for a fool Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away Save them for a rainy day, yeah, yeah, yeah I O U could break her heart in two She thought you were the real McCoy Sonny Boy, don't take your toys away Save them for a rainy day, yeah, yeah, yeah I O U could break her heart in two She thought you were the real McCoy, Sonny Boy Don't save it 'til the morning after Don't save it 'til the morning after, Sonny Boy Don't save it 'til the morning after, Boy Don't save it 'til the morning after