Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space,
You can take off your sneakers and give up the race;
You could lay down your head by a sweet river bed,
But Sonny always remembers what it was his Momma said.
Sonny carries a load though hes barely a man,
There aint all that to do, but he does what he can;
And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs,
And the waves keep on rollin, theyve done that for years.
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Sonny dont go away, I am here all alone,
And your daddys a sailor who never comes home;
And the nights get so long, and the silence goes on,
and Im feeling so tired, Im not all that strong.
Its a hundred miles to town, Sonnys never been there,
And he goes to the highway and he stands there and stares;
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old,
But he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold.
Sonnys dreams cant be real, theyre just stories hes read,
Stars in his eyes and dreams in his head;
And hes hungry inside, for the wide world outside,
And I know I cant hold him though Ive tried and Ive tried
and Ive tried
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