Sonny lives a farm, in a wide open space Take off your shoes, stay out of the race Lay down your head, on a soft river bed Sonny always remembers the words says
Sonny don't go away, I'm here all alone Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home Nights are 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 There's much to do but he does what he can Sits by his window in his room by the stairs Watching the waves soft on the pier
Many years have rolled on, Sonny's old and alone His Daddy the never came Sometimes he wonders what his life might have been But from the grave Mamma still haunts his dreams
[CHORUS] Sonny go away, I'm here all alone Your Daddy's a sailor, never comes home are so long, silence goes on I'm feeling so tired and not all that strong