Sonny's Dream [Ron Hynes Cover] lyrics

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 sweet river bed

Sonny always remembers the words mama said

"Sonny, don't go away, I'm here all alone

Your daddy's a sailor, never came 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

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 came home

Nights are so long, silence goes on

I'm feeling so tired and 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 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 came home

Nights are so long, silence goes on

I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong

Sonny, don't go away"