C
Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space
F C
Where you can take off your sneakers and give up the race
G
You could lay down your head by a sweet river bed
F C G
But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said
C
Oh Sonny don't go away I am here all alone
F C
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
G
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
F C G
And I'm feeling so tired I'm not all that strong
C
Sonny carries a load though he's barely a man
F C
There ain't all that to do still he does what he can
G
And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs
F C G
And the waves keep on rollin' they've done that for years
C
Oh Sonny don't go away I am here all alone
F C
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
G
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
F C G
And I'm feeling so tired I'm not all that strong
C
And it's a hundred miles to town Sonny's never been there
F C
And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares
G
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old
F C G
Oh but he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold
C
Oh Sonny don't go away I am here all alone
F C
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
G
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
F C G
And I'm feeling so tired I'm not all that strong
C
Sonny's dreams can't be real they're just stories he's read
F C
They're just stars in his eyes they're just dreams in his head
G
And he's hungry inside for the wide world outside
F C G
And I know I can't hold him though I've tried and I've tried
C
Oh Sonny don't go away I am here all alone
F C
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
G
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
F C G
And I'm feeling so tired I'm not all that strong
